LF:aVLLP0431 Clinical Introd.- basic skills

aVLLP0431 Clinical Introduction I - Basic Skills - practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/2.3/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Prerequisites (in Czech)

aVLFY0321c Physiology I - practice && aVLFY0321c Physiology I - practice && aVLAN0222c Anatomy II dis. && aVLAN0222s Anatomy II s

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

General Medicine (programme LF, M-GM)
General Medicine (eng.) (programme LF, M-VL)

Course objectives

This is the first part of the clinical introduction. The aim is to give first information about health care organization and working of internal and surgical ward including intensive care unit and operating room. Students also learn essential principles of communication with patients and basic practical procedures in medical care.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- have an idea about the organization of health care in the Czech Republic, the division of medical disciplines, the competencies of general medicine students, graduates, doctors with basic strain and attestation, the mandatory confidentiality of health professionals, compliance with applicable legislation.
- Defines the basic vital signs, their physiological values and master their measurement.
- master the acquisition of an ECG recording and describe the physiological findings.
understand the characteristics of the types of inpatient care (standard, intensive) and the specifics of patient care and monitoring in the standard ward, ICU, ARO and post-operative care, including documentation. - The student will master the correct hand washing methodology and other principles of asepsis, antisepsis and disinfection. - master the practical performance of basic physical examination, insertion of a permanent urinary catheter, nasogastric probe, collection of biological material including blood collection, provision of vascular access and selected methods of drug administration. - Masters basic dressing and fixation techniques, basic surgical suturing, identification of individual surgical instruments and principles of their use. - Understand the organization of the operating room and surgery, basic pre- and post-operative procedures. - the basics of communication with the patient.

Syllabus

Introduction to health care - definition of propedeutics, types of health care, inpatient care, GDPR and legal liability, basics of preceptorship education, division of surgical and internal medicine, role of medical student in health care. Patient admission and care in standard and intensive inpatient wards in surgical specialties - ward management, patient admission, vital signs and their measurement, orientation in the patient room. Reception and care of the patient in the standard and intensive inpatient ward in internal medicine - ward management, patient admission, vital signs and their measurements, orientation in the patient room. Perioperative care of the patient - preoperative examination and regimen, operation theatre operation and orientation in it, operating theatre group, operating theatre, surgical hand washing, filtering, outlining postoperative care. Basics of surgical suturing. Surgical instruments and types of surgery, basic surgical terminology, assistance during surgery. Laboratory sampling, drug forms and their application. Blood collection and securing vascular access. Dressing techniques. Communication with the patient - principles of communication, taking a structured history, medical documentation. Basic techniques of physical examination of the patient. ECG - acquisition of electrocardiographic recording, physiological electrocardiographic recording.

Literature

recommended literature

Surgery at a glance. Edited by P. A. Grace - Neil R. Borley. 5th ed. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, 207 p. ISBN 9781118522608. info
Learning surgery : the surgery clerkship manual. Edited by Stephen F. Lowry - Rocco G. Ciocca - Candice Rettie. New York: Springer, 2005, xviii, 791. ISBN 9780387225838. info

not specified

Davidson's principles and practice of medicine. Edited by Brian R. Walker. 22nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2014, xix, 1372. ISBN 9780702050350. info
LONGMORE, J. M. Oxford handbook of clinical medicine. 9th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014, 902 s. ISBN 9780199609628. info
CHROBÁK, Ladislav, Thomas GRAL and Jiří KVASNIČKA. Physical examination in internal medicine. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2003, 239 s. ISBN 9788024706177. info

Teaching methods

Lessons are provided in the form of practical training and seminars with discussion in the simulation centre. Besides recommended literature are students given materials for preparation in the form of e-learning. At the beginning of every lesson is tested the knowledge of basic information that is necessary for the training of practical skills.

Assessment methods

Conditions to get credit for this subject are:

1. attending to 11 out of 12 lessons, active particiopation during lessons

2. studying e-learning and pre-test before attending each lesson

3. filling out feedback form after each lesson

4. completing final test

Coming late for lessons is not tolerated and student won´t be able to attend to the lesson. Student is obligated to follow instructions in interactive syllabus of this subject, information about lesson substitution conditions can be found there as well.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 34.5.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

aVLAL7X1c Anaesthesiology and Pain Management
(aVLLP0431 ||aVLLP0431c) && aVLLP0532c
aVLLP0532c Clinical Introduction II - practice
(aVLLP0431 || aVLLP0431c) && aVLAN0222p && aVLHE0322c && aVLBC0422p && aVLFY0422c

The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.

Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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