Body Mass Index (BMI)

Obesity and overweight are not a particularly recent problem despite what is portrayed in the media. They are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980 and nearly 43 million children under the age of 5 were overweight in 2010. Sadly, they are preventable diseases. Anorexia Nervosa requires a brief mention within this module as it also accounts for abnormal BMIs but will be covered elsewhere within your medical degree course.

The aim of this module is to facilitate learning regarding the topic of Body Mass Index (BMI). 

Clinical Skills

• Dr Eleanor Chiu
• Miss Alyssia Broomfield
• Miss Iona Taylor 

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Standard Precautions / Personal Protective Equipment

‘Standard precautions [formerly called universal precautions] are meant to reduce the risk of transmission of pathogens from both recognized and unrecognized sources. They are the basic level of infection control precautions which are used in the care of all patients’ (WHO 2007).

The aim of this module is to facilitate learning regarding the reasons for standard precautions and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in healthcare.

Clinical Skills

• Carole Loveridge (Lecturer in Women’s Health)

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Rinne's & Weber's Tests

In clinical practice it is common to see patients complaining of hearing loss. It is useful to be able to have a simple test that can distinguish where the site of the cause of the hearing loss is. This can help guide the need for further examination, investigation and management.

The aim of this tutorial is to understand the purpose of Rinne’s test and Weber’s test and to understand when you would use it

Clinical Skills

• Dr Alan Stone (General Practitioner and Senior Clinical Tutor)

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Lumbar Puncture Update

The Lumbar Puncture module for Clinical Skills has been updated with minor content changes. The module is to be used for the Neuroscience (year 4) assessments on 30th January.

Clinical Skills

• Joe Anderson (Clinical Teaching Fellow, Department of Neurology)

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Pregnancy Testing

The module on Pregnancy Testing (clinical skills) has been updated with images, The module aims to facilitate learning regarding the purpose and procedure of performing a urinary pregnancy test.

Clinical Skills

• Carole Loveridge (Lecturer in Women's Health)

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Venous Cannulation

The Venous Cannulation module has now been updated to include a video tutorial. The module covers the purpose and procedures of venous cannulation, including learning outcomes such as identification of appropriate sites.

Clinical Skills

• Sian Williams (Clinical Skills Tutor/Manager)
• Brian Williams (Former Clinical Skills Manager)

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Blood Cultures

A new clinical skills module on the need for, and how to carry out sampling for blood cultures is now available in Learning Central. The module also contains a useful video demonstration.

Clinical Skills

• Sian Williams (Clinical Skills Tutor/Manager)
• Professor Paul Bradley (Director of Clinical Skills & Simulation)
• Dr Chris Hingston (Consultant Intensive Care Medicine)

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Blood Glucose Monitoring & Sliding Scale

A new clinical skills module on the subject of blood glucose monitoring and sliding scale is now available for review via CORTEX. Key topics in the module include use of insulin sliding scale in the acute care setting and sampling capillary blood using a glucometer.

Clinical Skills

• Sian Williams (Clinical Skills Tutor/Manager)
• Professor Aidan Byrne (Interim Director of Clinical Skills & Simulation)

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ECG Recording

A Clinical Skills module is now available on Learning Central. The module details how to record a full, detailed tracing of the electrical activity of the heart, using an ECG (electrocardiograph) machine recorder.

Clinical Skills

• Dawn Lau

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