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NMHS43980

Academic Year 2024/2025

Adv.Health Assessment (Spring) (NMHS43980)

Subject:
Nursing,Midwifery & Health Sys
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Nursing,Midwifery & Health Sys
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Dr Rita Smith
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module is designed to provide healthcare professionals with comprehensive physical assessment and health history taking skills, which can be performed competently and with the potential to act as an independent practitioner. Students will learn the principles of pathology and pathophysiology of common clinical conditions (within scope of practice). The module will enable the practitioner to advance the knowledge gained to the level of establishing accurate differential diagnoses based on comprehensive health history taking and health assessment. The primary aim of this module is to facilitate the development of advanced clinical assessment and decision–making skills and to apply the skills in the context of advanced health assessment.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module the student will:
Demonstrate competence in obtaining a client’s health history.
Utilise optimum communication skills when interacting with patients to inform clinical decisions.
Articulate the pathophysiology associated with clinical conditions / disease states within scope of practice and understand the clinical significance in detecting and recognising deviations from normal.
Exhibit the comprehensive knowledge and skills required to competently perform an advanced health assessment and develop a person centred plan of care appropriate to the scope of practice.
Record findings and interpretations accurately and comprehensibly in a clear, accurate and relevant manner in accordance with legal and ethical guidelines.
Critically analyse presenting history and assessment details in the context of the existing evidence base to inform practice in a variety of clinical contexts.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

20

Practical

30

Specified Learning Activities

100

Autonomous Student Learning

100

Total

250


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Blended Learning approach, synchronous and asynchronous learning
Theoretical lectures online and clinical laboratory clinical skills learning and practice.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Completion of Level 8 (UCD 3) modules or equivalent


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered

Not yet recorded.


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Bickley S. and Szilagyi P. (2017) Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking (12thedn.) Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia ISBN-13: 978-1469893419
Bickley S. and Szilagyi P. (2017) Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking (8thedn.) Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia. ISBN-13: 978-1496338488

Name Role
Ms Siobhan Brereton Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Alison Clancy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Miss Breda Connaughton Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Barbara Coughlan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Orla Daly Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Linda Farren Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Eileen Furlong Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Lynda Gibbons Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Aoife Claire MacCormac Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Corina Naughton Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Rita Smith Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Miss Niamh Vickers Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Katie Wedgeworth Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Emily Bury Tutor
Ms Cathy Clarke Tutor
Dr Patricia Minnock Tutor