Friday saw the Set 6 students lining up outside the surgical and medical wards for their clinical exams! They had completed their written exams earlier in the week - theory was done. Now they had to prove their practical skills.
It was an anxious wait as they had never done exams on the ward before.
On each ward there were 2 examiners, so 2 students entered at a time. They were given either a task to do together or were sent to different patients. Students had 20 min on each ward.
Students were instructed to carry out procedures such as taking a blood pressure and recording it, giving oral medication, changing a wound dressing and lifting a patient from the bed to a chair.
Once the procedure was completed, they were asked questions related either to the procedure or to the patients condition.
Although it was a first for this class, they all managed to pass and will now endeavour to make sure they know and practice all the procedures while they are on ward placements!
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