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Opportunities for teaching clinical skills
Profession
Audiology
Diversional Therapy
Exercise Physiology
Genetic Counselling
Nutrition and Dietetics
Medical Radiation Science
Music Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Orthoptics
Orthotics
Play Therapy/Child
Life Therapist
Pharmacy
Physiotherapy
Podiatry
Psychology
Social Work
Speech Pathology
Example
Conducting tests such as ABR (Auditory Brainstem
Response) assessment, ENG (Electronystagmography),
ECogG (Electrocochleography).
Planning and implementing a leisure education program
to address leisure related barriers.
Completing advanced exercise assessment and
prescription. Rapidly identifying changes to client’s
health status through observation and assessment.
Interpreting a family history to assess risk of genetic
disorder.
Developing a nutrition care plan for a patient requiring
an enteral feed.
Managing complex radiological evaluations of patients
with co-morbidities.
Understanding the steps of common clinical procedures
to incorporate music for relaxation/distraction.
Assessing functional mobility in the community using a
power chair. Prescribing pressure-relieving mattresses
and cushions.
Instructing in the practice of investigation and
management of complex adult strabismus.
Preparing a custom-made orthosis for a complex
paediatric client according to developmental parameters.
Preparing a child for clinical procedures such as an
operation or intravenous cannula insertion.
Preparing an individualised medication plan for a
patient with complex co-morbidities.
Undertaking a gait assessment with a stroke patient.
Managing an ulcer/wound on a high risk foot.
Conducting minor nail surgery with local anaesthetic.
Undertaking a psychometric assessment.
Undertaking a thorough psychosocial assessment
and documenting it in the medical record.
Undertaking a modified barium swallow assessment.
Undertaking a paediatric feeding evaluation.