Other Important More Complex Skills
The student graduating should be familiar with, and be able to describe, the basic techniques of the following procedures:
| Specific Skills | Teaching Responsibility | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Other | |
| Larger joint aspiration or injection | FP | SS, M |
| Performance of urinalysis by dipstick | FP | M, P, O/G |
| Lumbar puncture | M | P, M, FP |
| Neonatal circumcision | P | FP, O/G |
| Episiotomy repair or perineal laceration repair | O/G | FP |
| Assisted vaginal delivery (vacuum or forceps) | O/G | FP |
| Cesarean section | O/G | FP |
| Dilatation and curettage (D and C) | O/G | FP |
| Change a tracheotomy tube | SS | S, Skills |
| Establish an emergency airway/tracheotomy | Skills | SS, S |
| 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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