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King’s National Breast Screening Training Centre & London South Bank University
Clinical Breast Examination and Communication Skills
W/C 5th of October 2020 (2 days, exact days TBC)
This module is two days plus one additional day for a practical session in the breast symptomatic clinic. The module is designed for clinicians and advanced practitioners working in the clinical area of breast diagnosis. It will provide the range of clinical skills necessary for good practice and develop the students ability to communicate effectively with patients in their care.
Learning objectives:
At the end of this module the student will be able to:
Evidence a high level knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the breast
Evaluate and clinically examine a patient (female or male) presenting to a breast unit
Be able to synthesise information and produce a comprehensive report on a clinical breast examination, using “1-5” classification, according ‘best practise clinical guide-lines’
Engage in sound clinical reasoning and effective decision making, resulting in appro-priate actions for further clinical intervention
Demonstrate effective communication to minimise the distress of patients attending a breast unit
Elicit record and assess the relevance of a patients clinical history and identify those aspects with the potential to impact on patient outcome
All enquires to Marta, please email [email protected]
Module Information
Entry requirements:
-Registration with professional body (HCPC/NMC/GMC)
-Employment within or access to a UK Breast Unit to enable sufficient access to practice
-Support of employing department
-If you’ve not studied in the UK before and English is not your first lan-guage you will need to meet London South Bank University IELTS cri-teria (International English Language Testing System).
Post-registration Scheme
This is a 20 credit module within the Pg Breast Imaging Pathway. Further modules are offered to enable students to attain a Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Diagnostic Imaging: Mammography theory, Mammography practice, Mammography Image Interpretation and Reporting, Breast Ultrasound and Ultrasound Guided Interventional Procedures. Anyone wishing to plan an award pathway should discuss this with the Course Director, Katie Fordyce, in the first instance. Email: [email protected]
This 20 credit module provides the range of communication skills and clini-cal development required for clinicians and advanced practitioners working within a clinical breast environment. This will enable participants to develop a specific knowledge base and skills set in clinical breast examination. The student will be able to understand the importance of taking a comprehensive clinical history and understand the communication needs of the patient . This module represents an important role development in this area and
facilitates elements of advance practice in breast imaging and breast care. The duration of the course is one academic year.
A detailed module guide is provided to students at the commencement of the course.
The module requires a 2 day attendance at King’s College Hospital and an elective day within King’s symptomatic breast clinic.
Assessment: Portfolio
-A record of clinical experience with a minimum of 50 cases presenting to both symptomatic and screening assessment clinics (an appropriate range of normal variation and disease must be included)
-At least 10 cases described in detail including triple assessment and results and reflections on communication strategies
-Clinical assessment of student by the training centre for at least 5 examina-tions (OSCE)
Written assignment
To evaluate and analyse how the student would respond to a set of clinical scenarios. The student is required to choose two out of four options,
2000 words each .
For information on how to apply please contact Marta on
email: [email protected]
Further module details
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Denmark Hill London SE5 9RS http://www.kch.nhs.uk/patientsvisitors/getting-to-kings
London South Bank University 103 Borough Road London SE1 0AA http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/about/maps.shtml
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