The impressive enhanced clinical skills course will be taught through a variety of different learning modalities covering the following topics:
- The normal anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular, respiratory and gastrointestinal system and how findings relate to the clinical consultation
- How to undertake a history from patients presenting with cardiovascular, respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms and the theories underpinning the process
- How to conduct a structured physical examination of the cardiovascular, respiratory and gastrointestinal systems and theories underpinning the process
- Recognition and interpretation of clinical findings, including red flags, decision making and patient management
- Human factors and how they relate to patient safety
Who will benefit:
This course is aimed at nurses, AHPs and practitioners in extended scope roles, looking to develop their clinical examination and history taking skills
Venue:
DREEAM, A Floor, West Block, QMC Campus, Derby Road, Nottingham. NG7 2UH
Start and finish times:
08:00 – 16:00 each day (breaks are built into the course timetable)
Refreshments:
Light lunch and refreshments provided
eLearning Access:
Following purchase of the course, please check your emails for a message from "noreply=learning.dreeam.ac.uk@mg.dreeam.ac.uk" or a subject of "DREEAM Moodle (Virtual Learning Portal): New User Login Details". If you have completed a Moodle course on the Virtual Learning Portal before, please login to the eLearning system here using the details you set up following your initial sign in.
Enrollment to the online course on the Moodle platform will be released 3-weeks prior to the face-to-face date, and valid for 365 days.

Previous Course Attendees said:
“I enjoyed practicing history taking, it was good to put theory into practice and I received some constructive feedback and ways to improve."
"The course taught me about the importance of a systematic history taking and how this can benefit patient care and optimise treatment. I will use the skills I learnt to perform a standardised review of all patients."
"The course was set in a comfortable and informal environment for learning, and the tutors were so friendly and supportive".
Timetable
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