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Teaching an audiology skill
A client is booked in to the audiology unit for an auditory brainstem
response (ABR) assessment. The junior clinician is aware of the test
but has never done it in practice. The senior clinician elicits from the
junior clinician reasons why this test may have been chosen for the
client rather than a standard audiological test battery. The set up of
the test is explained and the junior clinician is guided through the
process of preparing the client, including practical processes such as
how to attach the electrodes. The test is run and the junior clinician is
guided through the process of correctly identifying ABR responses
on the trace and marking them. The senior audiologist and junior
audiologist together explain the results to the client and prepare a
report for the referral source.
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Outcome: The junior audiologist has learned the clinical reasoning
behind selecting an auditory brainstem response as an assessment,
how to set up the test and how to interpret results.
a podiatry skill
The senior podiatrist and junior podiatrist are
managing a wound on a patient with Type II diabetes.
Some of the components of managing a wound include wound
debridement, choosing the correct dressing and using an
aseptic dressing technique. The podiatrist discusses the type of
wound on the patient’s foot: location, shape, borders, exudate,
infection and base. Following this discussion the senior podiatrist
demonstrates an aseptic dressing technique.
The senior podiatrist then shows the junior podiatrist different
types of dressing materials and asks the junior podiatrist to choose
and discuss which dressing would best suit the wound. The junior
podiatrist then takes over the procedure and debrides the wound and
applies the correct dressing using an aseptic dressing technique.
Outcome: The junior podiatrist has learnt the correct procedure
for wound debridement, choice of wound dressing and aseptic
dressing technique.
Teaching
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