Take a complete history and complete write up for an acute hospital admission

Take a focused history in a patient attending a GP

Take a focused history of a hospital in-patient

Competent examination of cardiovascular, respiratory, gastroenterological and neurological systems

Competent focused examination of rheumatological system

Communicate sensitively and empathically with patients and to work in partnership with patients.

Understand patient’s illness in a biopsychosocial context

Able to present history and examination findings to another member of the clinical team

Able to explain diagnosis, investigations and management to a patient in GP, out-patient and inpatient settings

Communicate effectively with members of the healthcare team including handover, clinical notes and presentations

Clinical Practical Skills

• Able to describe and perform an A to E assessment in an unwell patient

• Able to perform a 12 lead ECG

• Able to perform intravenous cannulation

• Able to perform venepuncture

• Able to put supplemental oxygen on a patient

• Able to take a capillary blood sugar

• Demonstrate approach use of personal protective equipment and infection control policies and procedures

• Demonstrate safe manual handling techniques relevant to healthcare

• Demonstrate understanding of information governance in NHS and University

• Perform and interpret urinalysis

• Record vital signs and complete a NEWS

Understand the organisation of healthcare and role of different members of the multidisciplinary team

Demonstrate understanding of key ethical principles relevant to patient care in the various settings

Recognise requirements for personal and professional development

Understand the role of out-patient services in management of common diseases covered in Year 4