ANAT20050

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should:
1. Understand the effect of trauma on anatomical regions
2. Appreciate how a knowledge of biomechanics helps explain pattern of injury.
3. Understand physiological responses to blood loss.
4. Apply the Glasgow coma scale
5. Differentiate between primary and secondary surveys applied to trauma assessment
6. Identify common bone fractures
7. Correlate radiological images to patient injury.

Indicative Module Content:

Biomechanical principles of trauma
Haemorrhagic shock
Hand I Trauma
Hand II trauma
Upper limb and elbow trauma
Shoulder trauma
Thoracic trauma
Hip and pelvis trauma
lower limb and knee trauma
Abdominal and intrapelvic trauma
Life in the fast lane
Foot and ankle injuries
Neck trauma
Facial trauma
Spinal injury
Head trauma
Eye trauma
Imaging in trauma

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Pre-requisites: musculoskeletal, cardiac,vascular, respiratory and renal biology.

Co-requisites: locomotor, gastrointestinal/liver biology and neuroscience

Students from related courses who have completed modules delivering similar information to the pre- and co-requisites applying to medical students will be considered for places on this module. Students registered to undergraduate Physiotherapy, Nursing or the Radiography programmes wishing to take this module as an Elective MUST contact the Module Coordinator and will be registered manually.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Clinical cases will be reviewed post assessment. Clinical presentations will be peer reviewed through Sparkplus software, by class zoom polll and by module co-ordintor.