Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has combined the two roles of Clinical Skills Teacher and the Ward Based Teacher into the role of Clinical Educator.

This enables the Undergraduate Clinical Educators to deliver and facilitate education, on physiological system examination, history taking and clinical practical skills, not only in a Primary Care teaching environment but also in the Education Centre at Bradford Royal Infirmary and in a ward situation.

The Clinical Skills Lab based in Field House, offers facilities to aid undergraduate learning. There is a variety of manikins to enable practical skills to be developed, as well as planned teaching sessions on history taking and examination of physiological systems.

The skills centre is available to all academic years and is staffed thoughout the day 08:00 to 16:00 with Clinical Educator support (Monday - Friday).

The Curriculum subjects covered:

Supported learning includes the history taking and the examination of the:

• Neurological system
• Gastrointestinal tract
• Cardiovascular system
• Respiratory system
• Genito urinary system & Renal
• Orthopaedics and Rheumatology
• Peripheral vascular system
• Thyroid gland
• Paediatrics
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Practical skills facilitation includes:

• Examination of the rectum
• Breast examination
• Examination of the testicles
• Fundoscopy 
• Male catheterisation
• female catheterisation
• Basic life support
• Airway management
• Arterial blood gas sampling
• Venepuncture
• Intravenous cannulation
• ECG performance and interpretation
• Chest x-ray interpretation
• Injection technique
• Blood pressure and vital signs
• Reflexes
• Doppler assessment and ABPI
• Suturing
• Testicular examination
• Setting up an intravenous infusion/blood transfusion reaction
• Completion of cremation form/filling out a death certificate
• Prescribing skills
  

Management Team

Maria Neary
General Manager, Cancer Services and Education
Tel 01274 383084