Personal Performance of Fundamental Skills
The student graduating should be able to:
- Perform these fundamental skills
- Describe the indications for, and complications of these procedures
- Personally demonstrate these skills one one of the following:
- a patient (preferred)
- a patient simulator
- a mannequin
- in a Skills-Teaching Laboratory
(e.g. Skills Laboratory – Emergency Medicine)
| Specific Skills | Teaching Responsibility | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Other | |
| Obtaining a throat swab | FP | P, M |
| Removal of cerumen from external ear canal | FP | P, M |
| Performance of routine STD testing, male or female | FP | O/G, M, P |
| Use of a peak flow meter | FP | M, P, Skills |
| Basic venipuncture including obtaining a blood culture | M | FP, P, S |
| Performance of a vaginal speculum exam | O/G | FP |
| Performance of a PAP smear | O/G | FP |
| Performance of a normal spontaneous vaginal delivery | O/G | FP |
| Basic wound care | S | FP, SS, M, P, Skills |
| Performance of stool occult blood (Hemoccult) testing | S | FP, M, P, O/G |
| Sterile technique (e.g., gloving, sterile dressing change) | S | O/G, M, P, FP, SS |
| Application of universal precautions | S | O/G, FP, M, P, SS |
| Injection of adequate local anesthetic block | S | FP, M, P, O/G, SS |
| Interrupted suture closure of a simple skin laceration | S | FP, O/G, SS |
| Subcutaneous suture closure of a wound | S | FP, O/G, SS |
| Placement of foley catheter, male | S | M, Skills |
| Placement of foley catheter, female | S | O/G, M, Skills |
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Specialities Abbreviations: FP – Family Practice / Primary Care Clerkship M – Medicine P – Pediatrics O/G – OB/GYN S – Surgery SS – Surgical Subspecialties Skills – Skills Laboratory (e.g. Skills Laboratory – Emergency Medicine) |
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The student graduating should be able to:
- Perform these fundamental skills
- Describe the indications for, and complications of these procedures
- Personally demonstrate these skills one one of the following:
- a patient simulator
- a mannequin (most likely)
- in a Skills-Teaching Laboratory
(e.g. Skills Laboratory – Emergency Medicine)
| Specific Skills | Teaching Responsibility | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Other | |
| Application of a temporary splint or simple cast | FP | SS, S, Skills |
| Familiarity with basic principles of a ventilator/ventilatory support | M | P, S |
| Microscopy for "ferning" of amniotic fluid | O/G | FP |
| Microscopy of vaginal smear "wet prep" and KOH exam | O/G | FP |
| Insertion of a nasogastric tube | S | M, P, O/G, Surg, SS, Skills |
| Control of gross external hemorrhage and stabilization of bleeding patient | S | M, FP, Skills |
| Basic burn care | S | FP, M, Skills |
| Temporary immobilization of a cervical spine fracture | Skills | SS, S |
| Basic Life Support (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) | Skills | M, FP |
| Obtaining an arterial puncture | Skills | M, FP, S |
| Insertion of an intravenous cannula | Skills | M, S, P, FP |
| Insertion of a central venous catheter | Skills | S, M |
| Insertion of adult endotracheal tube | Skills | SS |
| Use an automated external defibrillator (AED) | Skills | M |
| Basic use of manual external cardioversion | Skills | M |
| Management of epistaxis | Skills | M, FP |
| Fluorescein staining and examination of the eye | Skills | FP, M |
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Specialities Abbreviations: FP – Family Practice / Primary Care Clerkship M – Medicine P – Pediatrics O/G – OB/GYN S – Surgery SS – Surgical Subspecialties Skills – Skills Laboratory (e.g. Skills Laboratory – Emergency Medicine) |
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