Clinical Examination and Diagnostics for Advanced Practice

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Integrate knowledge of pathophysiology with comprehensive history, examination and diagnostic skills to inform clinical reasoning in advanced practice.
  2. Critically analyse clinical examination and diagnostic practice for improvement opportunities.
  3. Justify evidence-based clinical examination and diagnostic decisions in professional discussion.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• TAS-CUC-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-CUC-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-CCR-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
• TAS-CCR-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)

Elective

• TAS-ADP-GCE-2027 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
• TAS-APG-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-ADH-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-APD-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-CDP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-AQS-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-AWP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
• TAS-SCL-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-AOR-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-AOP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AMS-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-HSI-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-APG-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-ADH-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-APD-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-CDP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-AQS-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-AWP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
• TAS-SCL-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-AOR-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-AOP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AMS-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-APM-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)
• TAS-HSI-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-APM-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• TAS-CAA500-Advanced Clinical Reasoning in Practice

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: You are expected to devote around 10 hours per week to the study materials, assessment tasks and self-directed learning.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.