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PRACTICAL PROCEDURES
All candidates, whether or not they have registration with the GMC, can take history from patients and do clinical examination. All candidates, with or without GMC registration, are taught hands on clinical procedures on models and mannequins in a fully equiped skills laboratory in the hospital. This, for example, may include hands on training in inserting vascular lines, (central and arterial), lumbar punctures, pleural tap and biopsy etc. It may also be possible for all candidates to be taught hands on endoscopic procedures in skills laboratory, especially GI endoscopy and fibreoptic bronchoscopy. However, those candidates who pass the PLAB test and thereby obtain registration with the General Medical Council or who have obtained full GMC registration by sponsorship are allowed to perform practical procedures on actual patients under supervision. Candidates without GMC registration can only observe such practical procedures on real patients without actually performing them or assisting in their performance. |
West London
Postgraduate Medical School.