Clinical skills laboratories are educational facilities that have the potential benefit for undergraduate medical students . They provide a safe and protected environment in which the learner can practise clinical skills before using them in real clinical settings. These skills laboratories help to ensure that all students acquire the necessary techniques and are properly assessed before practising on real patients. In addition, they support the acquisition, maintenance and enhancement of the clinical skills of students in the healthcare profession. The term ‘clinical skills’ involves history-taking, physical examination, clinical investigations, using diagnostic reasoning, procedural perfection, effective communication, team work and professionalism.
Main Topics:-
1-Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
2-Breast lump examination
3- Perrectal and pervaginal examination
4-How to take a stitch
5-Insertions of I.V lines, tubes and catheters