Module - Rehabilitation Engineering 2 (SPE340)
STP
Clinical experiential learning is the range of activities trainees may undertake in order to gain the experience and evidence to demonstrate their achievement of module competencies and assessments. The list is not definitive or mandatory, but training officers should ensure, as best training practice, that trainees gain as many of these clinical experiences as possible. They should be included in training plans, and once undertaken they should support the completion of module assessments and competencies within the e-portfolio.
Clinical experiential learning
Clinical Gait Analysis
- Under supervision, lead three CGA assessments:
- take a past medical history by reviewing the patient’s medical notes, liaising with the referring clinician(s), and from a patient interview at a clinic appointment
- using this history, confirm what clinical question(s) need answering and select the most appropriate gait assessment tools
- perform a physical/clinical examination
- Prepare the laboratory for the appointment, including all system and quality assurance checks
- collect data in the laboratory
- process the data obtained
- complete for the reporting clinical scientist a real or shadow report, including options of kinematic, kinetic and/or visual assessment
- suggest recommendations for treatment
- participate and contribute to multidisciplinary discussions
- In each of the above cases, follow the progress of the patient from the initial consultation, through measurement of gait, multidisciplinary interpretation of results and into the determined outcomes, be these therapeutic, surgical or pharmacological Reflect on your learning from this process
- Taking two patients as case studies, critically reflect on the effect of the intervention on the lifestyle of the patient and the role of the healthcare scientist in the process
- Observe a series of patients attending the laboratory, seen both as new referrals and as follow-ups or re-referrals Critically appraise the process of referral, diagnosis and treatment, including an analysis of how the inter-professional team work together
Medical Engineering Design
- Identify requirements for at least two pieces of equipment; these may be for specific patient use or for measurement/diagnosis:
- develop each requirement into a design brief and subsequently into a set of design specifications, suitable to allow the development of design concepts
- evaluate these concepts using a appropriate scientific methods
- produce CAD drawings and/or circuit schematics, sufficiently detailed to allow the development of costing estimates and manufacture by an external organisation
- take the designs through manufacture and validate a prototype
- develop the required documentation as stipulated by the relevant legislation
- critically evaluate all stages of the project
- In the context of an outpatient clinic:
- identify the need for equipment modification
- determine the details of the required modifications in discussion with the referring clinician and the end user
- carry out the required modifications, demonstrating an adherence to the relevant legislation
- evaluate the effectiveness of the modification, in terms of functionality and cost effectiveness
- Using at least two pieces of equipment that have been developed, critically reflect on the impact of the equipment on the patient/clinical environment as appropriate and the role of the healthcare scientist in the process