Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Nursing and Advanced Practice
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Module Offerings
7011NAPPG-JAN-CTY
Aims
The aim of the module is to equip students working within the field of acute medicine with the knowledge and skills to manage the care of patients. Students will explore a wide range of common presenting acute medical conditions, pertinent therapeutic and diagnostic interventions and defensible decision making through case based problem solving.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically explore the presentation of a patient with an acute medical condition
- Problem solving
2.
Critically appraise the immediate management and stabilisation of a patient with an acute medical condition
- Problem solving
3.
Critically examine evidence based practice in relation to the patient with the acute medical presentation.
- Problem solving
- Collaboration
- Communication
4.
Identify and critically explore within the literature the challenges to the management of a patient with an acute medical condition
- Collaboration
- Problem solving
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
This module is designed to support the student who may wish to work within acute medicine. This module will run for 15 weeks and will be facilitated through keynote lectures and problem-based workshops on a range acute medical case histories. Students will work collaboratively with their peers to develop their knowledge of acute medical presentations and the pertinent diagnostic investigations associated with each case. Students will develop their decision making skills to safely manage patients with acute medical conditions.
This module maps to the following capabilities of the Multiprofessional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (HEE, 2017):
1.1, 1.2, 1,4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8
This module is designed to support the student who may wish to work within acute medicine. This module will run for 15 weeks and will be facilitated through keynote lectures and problem-based workshops on a range acute medical case histories. Students will work collaboratively with their peers to develop their knowledge of acute medical presentations and the pertinent diagnostic investigations associated with each case. Students will develop their decision making skills to safely manage patients with acute medical conditions.
This module maps to the following capabilities of the Multiprofessional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (HEE, 2017):
1.1, 1.2, 1,4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8
Module Overview:
The module will cover:
The module will cover:
- Appropriate assessment of the patient with an acute medical presentation
- Common acute medical presentations
- Diagnostic investigations pertinent to acute medical presentations
- Developing clinical reasoning skills for defensible decision making in acute medicine
- Analysis of policies and guidance relating to acute medicine