Harsh Bhoopatkar

Evaluation of consent for peer physical examination: students reflect on their clinical skills learning experience

Introduction  Early clinical skills teaching often requires students to learn through examining one another. This model should acknowledge ethical, practical and individual issues, disclosure and identification of abnormalities. Consent to peer physical examination (PPE) is usually expected rather than discussed and sought.

Medical students' experience of performing female pelvic examinations: Opportunities and barriers

Teaching and learning female pelvic examination within the undergraduate medical curriculum offers some potential challenges. One such is the extent to which students are provided practice opportunities with patients in the clinical setting.

Abnormal findings in peers during skills learning.

Peer physical examination (PPE), where students examine each other, is common in contemporary clinical skills learning. A range of benefits and risks have been explored in the literature. One persistent concern has been the identification and management of abnormal physical findings. Two previous studies have attempted to quantify the risk, one through the discussion of two exemplar cases and the other with a retrospective student survey.

Evaluation of a clinical examination skills training course in an undergraduate pharmacy programme

Objective To introduce and evaluate a short clinical examination skills course in a BPharm programme. The study objectives were to assess needs, explore attitudes, record perceived competence requirements and assess the value of physical examination skills learning.