This is a Stage 4 module concerned with the area of vascular Physiology and vascular imaging/measurements on patients in a clinical setting, for the purpose of evaluation and diagnosis of the patient’s condition, using sophisticated vascular equipment. This module expands on the corresponding theoretical and practical materialin Clinical Vascular Physiology covered at the 3rd Stage of the DT229 Programme.
The aim of the module is to increase the conceptual and applied understanding of the role of the vascularphysiologist in the evaluation of a patient’s condition. It also aims to further develop necessary key skills toenable the student to work in the clinical field of vascular physiology and become knowledgeable of the moreadvanced diagnostic tests.
Advanced Arterial and Venous Anatomy;
Upper lower limb arterial and venous. Abdominal arterial and venous. Collateral Circulation, normal variants,anomalies. Visceral anatomy, renal, liver.
Venous Disease;
Epidemiology and pathology of venous disease. Deep Vein thrombosis, varicose veins, chronic venousinsufficiency. Manifestation and symptoms of disease. Risk factors for disease. Diagnostic tests, clinical, duplexexamination. Normal/expected and abnormal results. Application, interpretation and limitation of tests.Treatment option and differential diagnosis.
Abdominal examination
Epidemiology and pathology of abdominal disease. Aneurysm, occlusive disease, venous disease/obstruction.
Renals, visceral, EVAR surveillance.
Manifestation and symptoms of disease. Risk factors for disease. Diagnostic tests, clinical, duplex examination.
Normal/expected and abnormal results. Application, interpretation and limitation of tests. Treatment options anddifferential diagnosis.
Surgical and Therapeutic Treatment
Treatment options for vascular disease, PVD, Cerebrovascular, DVT, VV, and Aneurysm.Therapeutic and surgical options. Role of vascular Physiologist in determination of treatment options. Role of vascular physiologist in follow-up of patient condition, progression and post treatment. Intra-operative scanning
Vascular Conditions Differential Diagnosis. Compartment and compression syndromes. Vasospastic conditions. Congenital vascular conditions. Acquired vascular conditions. Steal syndrome. Epidemiology of condition. Clinical signs and symptoms. Diagnostic tests and treatment options.
Transcranial Doppler.
Epidemiology and pathology of intracranial disease. Manifestation and symptoms of disease. Risk factors for disease. Diagnostic tests, clinical, Transcranial Doppler scanning techniques.. Normal/expected and abnormal results. Application, interpretation and limitation of test. .Treatment options and differential diagnosis.
Classroom based lectures prior to the co-requisite hospital based placement in an appropriate vascularphysiology laboratory. Group work, demonstrations, problem based learning, self-directed learning. Webbased learning. A training manual is in place which details the required competency tasks, logbook reporting,case study guidelines, learning syllabus and self-directed learning tasks.
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
| Formal Examination | 100 |