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Course, academic year 2023/2024
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Clinical skills - B82854 (elective subject)
Title: Clinical skills
Guaranteed by: 3rd Department of Medicine – Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism First Faculty of Medicine Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague (11-00530)
Faculty: First Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2023
Semester: both
Points: 2
E-Credits: 2
Hours per week, examination: 10/0, C [HS]
Extent per academic year: 10 [hours]
Capacity: 30
Min. number of students: 20
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Explanation: michal.vrablik@lf1.cuni.cz
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: prof. MUDr. Michal Vrablík, Ph.D.
Attributes: Lékařství
Annotation -
Last update: Bc. Lenka Valešová (23.05.2019)
The course will comprise 5 meetings per semester (one every other week). The classes will take place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and shall typically start at 2 p.m. All the details will be discussed during the intro meeting. Clinical Skills Eligible study years: 4, 5, 6. Schedule: 90-minute lessons, once every second to third week (depending on the number of students registered). The students will be allocated to groups of maximally 5. Syllabus: Essential clinical skills will be taught with emphasis on providing practical experience. The course will be focused on practicing those skills listed under “General Skills” in the Logbook, namely: 1. Taking basic observations including HR, temperature, BP, oxygen saturation 2. Venepuncture 3. Cannulation 4. IM injections 5. SC injections 6. IV injections 7. Injection of local anaesthesia 8. Setting up an IV infusion 9. taking ECG 10. measuring blood sugar 11. blood type testing 12. inserting urinary catheter (on a dummy) There will be short introduction outlining important concepts and steps in performing each skills, with practice on the students themselves. Students will observe a demonstration first, then assist with the procedure, and then they should perform the procedure with adequate supervision. The course should be very clinically oriented. The above skills must be practiced on patients or volunteer students. Emphasis should be placed on teaching students to perform basic procedures safely and skilfully. Requirements for credit: Attendance of lessons. No absences will be tolerated. Goals: By the end of the course, students should feel confident performing the above procedures. They also should have received opportunities to obtain signatures for performing the skills listed in their Logbooks.
 
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