1 day Practical Workshop: A concise approach to routine clinical examination, 2 April 10am-5pm
Cost including tea, coffee and biscuits. Lunchtime soup is available for an additional £5. Vegan and gluten free options provided.
Aims
To help students and practitioners of complementary, alternative and natural health disciplines
Develop their observation skills
Acquire a concise but effective repertoire of clinical assessment techniques that they can use routinely to inform their diagnostic reasoning, management planning and referral decisions
Gain an holistic understanding of clinical examination that integrates and values knowledge of healing tradition as well as contemporary medical science
Topics covered
Examination of the head (including hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth and throat, but without the use of specialist instruments)
The neck
The hands
The chest and back
The feet and calves
The taking of blood pressure
The taking of pulses
The use of the stethoscope for listening to the chest, the heart and the abdomen
Simple systematic palpation of the neck and the abdomen
The eliciting of tendon reflexes, and the initial assessment of gross neurological signs associated with common disease processes.
Teaching will involve small group work, practical demonstration, audio visual presentation, discussion and Q&A. Handouts covering all topics covered will be provided.
Cost including tea, coffee and biscuits. Lunchtime soup is available for an additional £5. Vegan and gluten free options provided.
Aims
To help students and practitioners of complementary, alternative and natural health disciplines
Develop their observation skills
Acquire a concise but effective repertoire of clinical assessment techniques that they can use routinely to inform their diagnostic reasoning, management planning and referral decisions
Gain an holistic understanding of clinical examination that integrates and values knowledge of healing tradition as well as contemporary medical science
Topics covered
Examination of the head (including hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth and throat, but without the use of specialist instruments)
The neck
The hands
The chest and back
The feet and calves
The taking of blood pressure
The taking of pulses
The use of the stethoscope for listening to the chest, the heart and the abdomen
Simple systematic palpation of the neck and the abdomen
The eliciting of tendon reflexes, and the initial assessment of gross neurological signs associated with common disease processes.
Teaching will involve small group work, practical demonstration, audio visual presentation, discussion and Q&A. Handouts covering all topics covered will be provided.
Cost including tea, coffee and biscuits. Lunchtime soup is available for an additional £5. Vegan and gluten free options provided.
Aims
To help students and practitioners of complementary, alternative and natural health disciplines
Develop their observation skills
Acquire a concise but effective repertoire of clinical assessment techniques that they can use routinely to inform their diagnostic reasoning, management planning and referral decisions
Gain an holistic understanding of clinical examination that integrates and values knowledge of healing tradition as well as contemporary medical science
Topics covered
Examination of the head (including hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth and throat, but without the use of specialist instruments)
The neck
The hands
The chest and back
The feet and calves
The taking of blood pressure
The taking of pulses
The use of the stethoscope for listening to the chest, the heart and the abdomen
Simple systematic palpation of the neck and the abdomen
The eliciting of tendon reflexes, and the initial assessment of gross neurological signs associated with common disease processes.
Teaching will involve small group work, practical demonstration, audio visual presentation, discussion and Q&A. Handouts covering all topics covered will be provided.
Nic Rowley MA, PGCE, MRCS, LRCP, BAc read medicine at Trinity College Cambridge, and completed his clinical training at the Royal Free Hospital, London.
As well as practising in Kent, West Sussex, Denmark and France, he has been academic vice principal of the European School of Osteopathy, Dean of Studies at the School of Herbal Medicine, and a guest lecturer and examiner at several major colleges of alternative medicine including the International College of Oriental Medicine and the College of Homeopathy.