Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
An Introduction to Physical Health Assessment
This course examined what it means to undertake a physical health assessment and provided an overview of a full head to toe assessment. This course covered topics including 'critical thinking and decision making in health assessment practice', 'consultation and history taking', 'documentation in health assessment', 'physical examination', 'diagnostics and investigations' and 'head to toe examination'.
2 weeks, 6 hours per week
Nicky Parker-Summers
Senior Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice
Coventry University
Claire Tubbritt
Senior Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice
Coventry University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Compare consultation-models and their application to history-taking in health assessment
- Justify the process of physical examination and its documentation
- Describe how critical thinking is influenced by diagnostics and investigations
Syllabus
Week 1 – An introduction to the principles of health assessment
- Consultation and history taking
- Critical analysis and decision-making
- Documentation in health assessment
Week 2 – An introduction to physical health assessment
- An introduction to the consultation
- The head-to-toe examination
Issued on 26th March 2020
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