Year 2 - Extending Patient Contact Handbook 2019/20 Student
Extending Patient Contact Handbook
5. Student Assessment
5.3. Missing placements due to Coronavirus
We are aware with the current evolving Coronavirus situation it may not be possible to undertake face to face teaching for the remaining EPC weeks.
Here are a few resources that students can use if they miss sessions.
Day 9: HSPH
Coronavirus
- This is a documentary on Box of Broadcasts regarding Coronavirus. To log in please enter your University I.D and password and then search for “Coronavirus: Is Britain ready?” (30mins) It may be useful to consider how the situation has rapidly evolved and whether the information is the documentary was useful given what we know now.
https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/1580F655?bcast=131328571
- Log onto to the WHO website and read the page on ‘Advice for Public’ including watching the videos and reading the information.
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
- Read the article on self-isolation: https://time.com/5796642/how-to-quarantine-yourself-coronavirus/
Day 10: Locomotor (1)
Arthritis and Chronic Pain:
- The following website has some useful information regarding arthritis:
https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/healthcare-professionals/
- This section explores chronic pain in arthritis:
https://arthritis.ca/support-education/online-learning/managing-chronic-pain
- Click on the cards to explore more about chronic pain and living with it you can work through the sections:
https://arthritis.ca/support-education/online-learning/managing-chronic-pain/all-about-pain
- Listen to this podcast on living with Arthritis Pain https://liveyeswitharthritis.fireside.fm/6
Day 11: Locomotor (2)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
- The following link has some useful informational about Rheumatoid Arthritis: https://www.healthline.com/health/rheumatoid-arthritis
- Read the article on a patient’s perspective of RA: https://www.healthline.com/health/rheumatoid-arthritis/life-choices-unwelcome-advice
- Please see link below on the GALS musculoskeletal exams