Perform common side-room tests |
88 |
Use a glucometer |
88 |
Use a haemoglobinometer |
88 |
Perform a pregnancy test |
94 |
Perform urinalysis |
94 |
Venepuncture |
Adult health – general |
94 |
Femoral vein puncture |
100 |
Lumbar puncture |
88 |
Routine intravenous access in adults |
88 |
Lymph node excision biopsy |
77 |
Perform point-of-care testing for HIV |
Adults – musculoskeletal |
82 |
Measure shortening of the legs |
94 |
Aspirate and inject the knee joint |
94 |
Inject tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow |
100 |
Interpret radiographs of joints |
82 |
Inject carpal tunnel syndrome |
76 |
Inject De Quervain’s tenosynovitis |
82 |
Inject the shoulder and subacromial bursa |
77 |
Inject trochanteric bursitis |
Adults – abdomen |
94 |
Test stool for occult blood |
100 |
Incision and drainage of perianal haematoma |
100 |
Interpret the abdominal radiograph in an adult |
94 |
Proctoscopy |
76 |
Interpret barium swallows |
Adults – chest |
100 |
Electrocardiogram set up, record and interpret |
100 |
Interpret chest radiograph |
100 |
Measure peak expiratory flow |
94 |
Nebulise a patient |
100 |
Pleural tap |
100 |
Use inhalers and spacers |
88 |
Exercise stress test |
70 |
Perform and interpret office spirometry |
Adults – urology |
100 |
Penile block |
100 |
Reduce a paraphimosis |
100 |
Circumcision |
100 |
Drain hydrocele |
94 |
Insert a urinary catheter |
94 |
Insert a suprapubic catheter |
82 |
Interpret intravenous pyelogram |
76 |
Vasectomy |
Eyes |
70 |
Subconjunctival injections |
70 |
Use a Schiotz tonometer |
100 |
Fundoscopy (diabetes, hypertension) |
88 |
Instil drops or apply ointment |
100 |
Remove foreign body from the eye |
100 |
Test for squint |
100 |
Washout of eyes (chemical burns) |
Ear, nose and throat |
82 |
Assess hearing loss |
82 |
Reduce a fractured nose |
100 |
Remove a foreign body from ear and nose |
100 |
Syringe, dry swab an ear |
94 |
Take a throat swab |
100 |
Manage epistaxis (cautery, packing) |
82 |
Perform Rinne and Weber tests |
100 |
Suture a pinna lobe |
82 |
Drain a peritonsillar abscess |
Skin |
82 |
Inject keloids |
82 |
Phenol ablation of ingrown toenail |
100 |
Excise sebaceous cyst (other lumps, bumps) |
100 |
Apply a compression dressing to venous leg ulcer |
100 |
Cryotherapy or cauterisation |
100 |
Skin biopsy (punch and shave) or skin scrapes |
100 |
Wide-needle aspiration biopsy lymph node |
Pregnancy |
94 |
Obstetric ultrasound |
100 |
Interpret antenatal growth chart |
94 |
Assess foetal well-being during labour |
100 |
Episiotomy and suturing |
94 |
Examine a pregnant woman |
94 |
Examine progress during labour and use partogram |
94 |
Normal vaginal delivery |
100 |
Speculum examination |
100 |
Apply and interpret the cardiotocograph |
94 |
Assess foetal movement |
100 |
Assisted vaginal delivery or vacuum extraction or forceps |
94 |
Caesarean section |
100 |
Evacuation of uterus |
100 |
Manual removal of placenta |
94 |
Repair of third-degree tear |
82 |
Pelvic ultrasound (transvaginal) |
Woman’s health |
88 |
Culdocentesis |
100 |
Hormone implants |
82 |
Laparotomy for ectopic pregnancy |
70 |
Termination of pregnancy |
100 |
Insertion of intrauterine contraceptive device |
100 |
Papanicolaou smears |
88 |
Dilatation and curettage |
88 |
Drainage of Bartholin’s abscess or cyst |
76 |
Endometrial biopsy or sampling |
94 |
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of breast lump |
88 |
Tubal ligation |
71 |
Cervical polyp removal |
Newborn |
100 |
Well newborn check |
100 |
Assess gestational age at birth |
100 |
Kangaroo mother care |
100 |
Resuscitate a newborn |
94 |
Umbilical vein catheterisation |
Consultation |
100 |
Patient-centred consultation |
100 |
Use genogram and eco-map |
100 |
Develop and use flowcharts for chronic care |
100 |
Motivate behaviour change |
100 |
Assess and consult families, couples |
100 |
Shared consultation to capacitate nurse practitioner |
100 |
Counselling skills for HIV, termination of pregnancy, sexual assault |
100 |
Break bad news |
94 |
Mini–Mental State Examination |
100 |
Use problem-orientated medical record |
94 |
Conduct a family conference |
100 |
Cope with language barriers |
100 |
Holistic assessment and management |
100 |
Sexual history and counselling |
Emergency |
100 |
Calculate % burn |
100 |
Manage choking |
94 |
Give oxygen |
100 |
Immobilise spine |
100 |
Intubate and manage airway |
94 |
Measure the Glasgow Coma Scale |
94 |
Administer rabies prophylaxis |
100 |
Advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation – Adult |
94 |
Advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation – Child |
100 |
Debride wounds or burns |
100 |
Gastric lavage |
100 |
Give a blood transfusion |
100 |
Incision and drainage of abscesses |
100 |
Insert chest drain |
100 |
Insert nasogastric tube |
100 |
Interpret radiographs in trauma |
88 |
Intravenous cut down |
94 |
Manage snake bite |
100 |
Primary survey |
100 |
Relieve tension pneumothorax |
100 |
Remove a splinter fish hook |
100 |
Secondary survey |
88 |
Selecting emergency equipment for doctors’ bag or emergency tray |
94 |
Suture lacerations |
82 |
Transport critically ill |
76 |
Cricothyroidotomy |
70 |
Insert central line |
Orthopaedics |
94 |
Apply finger and hand splints |
94 |
Apply casts to upper and lower limb |
100 |
Closed reductions for hand, forearm, tibia, fibula |
88 |
Set up traction skeletal and skin |
94 |
Reduce elbow dislocation |
82 |
Reduce hip dislocation |
94 |
Reduce radial head dislocation |
100 |
Reduce shoulder dislocation |
82 |
Excise ganglion |
88 |
Amputations – fingers |
76 |
Apply club foot cast |
76 |
Debridement of open fractures |
76 |
Fasciotomy |
Anaesthetics |
94 |
Injections – intra-dermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, deep intramuscular, sub-conjunctival |
100 |
Ring block |
94 |
Administer oxygen |
88 |
Check Boyle’s machine |
94 |
Control airways with mask |
82 |
General anaesthetic |
82 |
Inhalation induction |
82 |
Intravenous induction |
94 |
Intubate and ventilate patient |
82 |
Ketamine anaesthesia |
88 |
Monitor patient during anaesthetic |
88 |
Recover patient – recovery room |
82 |
Reverse muscle relaxation (mixed drugs) |
88 |
Set airflow – Magill Circle, T-piece |
94 |
Spinal anaesthetic |
70 |
Sterilise equipment |
94 |
Ventilate patient mask and hand |
76 |
Biers block |
82 |
Brachial block |
Child health |
100 |
Assess growth and classify malnutrition |
94 |
Capillary blood sampling – finger and heel |
94 |
Chest radiograph in child |
100 |
Developmental assessment |
100 |
How to do and interpret Tine and Mantoux tests |
94 |
Intraosseous line |
100 |
Intravenous access in a child |
94 |
Lumbar puncture in a child |
100 |
Manage problems using the integrated management of childhood |
94 |
Suprapubic bladder puncture |
100 |
Venepuncture – upper limb and external jugular vein |
94 |
Manage neonatal jaundice with phototherapy |
Clinical administration |
100 |
Complete sick certificates |
100 |
Complete death certificates |
100 |
Certify patient under Mental Health Care Act |
100 |
Making appropriate referrals and letters |
100 |
Managing a clinic for chronic care, for example, HIV and ARVs |
76 |
Perform work assessment and complete disability grant forms |
Forensic |
100 |
Assess, manage and document drunken driving |
100 |
Assess, manage and document interpersonal violence |
100 |
Assess, manage and document sexual assault |
100 |
Complete J-88 form following assault |
Palliative care |
100 |
Counselling of a dying patient |
70 |
Hypodermoclysis (subcutaneous infusion) |
76 |
Set up a syringe driver |
Clinical governance |
100 |
Able to contribute to the development or revision of guidelines |
100 |
Able to facilitate the implementation of clinical guidelines within the subdistrict |
100 |
Able to improve quality of care by facilitating quality improvement cycles (including the audit of clinical care as one step in the cycle) |
100 |
Able to improve cost-effectiveness through reflection on routinely collected data, particularly rational prescribing and use of investigations |
100 |
Build capability and quality care through teaching, training and mentoring |
100 |
Able to critically appraise new evidence |
76 |
Able to appraise the competence of new clinicians and set appropriate levels of independence versus support |
94 |
Able to evaluate the quality of care in relation to the relevant clinically orientated national core standards |
Community-orientated primary care |
94 |
Able to do a home visit |
100 |
Able to make a community diagnosis, and interpret and prioritise health indicators |
100 |
Able to promote health in communities |
Teaching and training |
100 |
Able to plan and implement a teaching or continuing professional development activity |
100 |
Able to use a portfolio of learning |
100 |
Able to mentor a colleague |
100 |
Able to facilitate small group learning |
100 |
Able to prepare and give a presentation |