Clinical Skills Examination Model

Reference
1091024

Branch
University of Warwick

Start date
16/01/2025

Duration
Other - See Job

Hours and days
See job

Dress code
Casual

Rate of pay
£12.00

Holiday rate
£1.45

Role

• You will act as a clinical skills examination model for teaching medical students examination sequences. The aim of these sessions is to allow the team to demonstrate the examinations and also to allow the students to practise themselves. There will usually be one to two clinical skills tutors in the room overseeing the session and also approx. 15 students per session. 
• The examinations will be demonstrated on you by a member of the Clinical Skills team. This is so that observing students can learn the correct examination techniques. The observing students will then practice these examinations on you. 
• This will involve exposing the arms, lower legs and upper body from the waist upwards. It will involve looking, feeling, moving, tapping or listening with a stethoscope over various parts of the body as described in the following sequences.

• Respiratory or Cardiovascular – Will need to take top off and expose the chest (a sports bra may be worn). Loose fitting trousers should be worn that can be rolled up to expose the legs below the knee.
• Gastrointestinal – Will need to wear a loose fitting top that can be rolled up to expose the abdomen. Loose fitting trousers should be worn that can be rolled up to expose the legs below the knee.
• Thyroid – Will need to wear a loose fitting top so that the neck can be easily exposed. Loose fitting trousers should be worn that can be rolled up to expose the legs below the knee.
• Vital signs – Will need to wear a vest or loose fitting top that can be rolled up to expose the arm so that blood pressure can be taken.
• Shoulder/hands – Will need to a vest top or remove the top so that the shoulders are exposed.
• Hip/Knee – Will need to wear shorts.
• GALS/Spine – Will need to take top off and expose the back (a sports bra may be worn). Will also need to wear shorts. 
• Breast – Will be wearing a breast model with a hospital gown on top (please wear a vest or sports bra underneath the breast model). The students should be able to access and examine your armpits (wearing gloves). 
• Neurological exam of the arms/legs – Will need to sleeveless top to expose the arms and shorts to expose the legs.
• Cranial Nerves – No special clothing required. The students will be examining the nerves in your head/face which will include testing your vision, hearing and sensation.

Duties and responsibilities

• To wear appropriate clothing as specified for the different examinations described above. For example, to wear a loose-fitting top that can be easily removed (sports bra or vest top with thin straps can be worn underneath) or loose-fitting trousers/ tracksuit bottoms that can be rolled up to examine the ankles/shins. Correct clothing is essential and we may not be able to use models who don’t follow this dress code. 

Skills and experience

• Please only apply for these roles if you are happy to adhere to the dress code above, and if you are comfortable with tutors and medical students exposing and examining the different parts of the body described above, for example arms, lower legs or upper body from the waist upwards. 

Location
Beehive Building, University of Warwick, Westwood Way, Westwood Business Park, Coventry CV4 8JE

Additional information
Hours and Days:

• Thursday 16th January and Friday 17th January – Cranial Nerves
• Thursday 23rd January and Friday 24th January - Neurological exam of the arms/legs
• Thursday 27th and Friday 28th Feb  – Knee and Hip
• Thursday 13th and Friday 14th March – Shoulder and Hand
• Thursday 20th and Friday 21st March  – Spine and GALsThursday 17th April  – Revision – could be any of the examinations described above 
• Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd May  – Breast examination (wearing breast model) and revision (could be any of the examinations described above)
• Thursday 8th and Friday 9th May  – Revision – could be any of the examinations described above
• Thursday 15th and Friday 16th May  – Revision – could be any of the examinations described above

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