This unit introduces students to clinical examination, medical tests and osteopathic management and treatment techniques relevant to the conditions affecting the thorax and cranial nerves. With this unit, students will further develop psychomotor skills in high-velocity low-amplitude (HVLA) spinal manipulation. Students will be able to develop their psychomotor skills in HVLA on peers under close guidance from educators. Students will build on previous knowledge on history taking skills and will learn how to develop focussed questions for a specific complaint. Clinical reasoning continues to be developed in this unit with a focus on patient presentations affecting the thorax, however there is an expectation students are now able to integrate information from a patient history, clinical examination and medical tests to justify their differential diagnoses relating to a presenting complaint.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
The online tests will assess fundamental knowledge in history taking, clinical examination and medical tests relevant to conditions of the thorax. The first test provides summative and formative feedback, and the second test assesses knowledge of the clinical topics covered over the first two weeks. Students then apply this knowledge in a case presentation in week 3. Each student is required to contribute 2-3 individually prepared and fully referenced PowerPoint slides to the group presentation. In week 4 clinical reasoning, clinical medical examination, and osteopathic treatment skills are assessed in the OPSS.
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):