Overview of Educational Competencies
Interns develop a wide range of skills during supervised clinical training in preparation for professional clinical practice. The supervised teaching clinic provides students the opportunity to integrate and apply theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom, and to practice a variety of clinical skills with increasing levels of expertise.
Upon completion of the clinical internship series, all interns are expected to demonstrate competencies that have been gradually increased and are commensurate with their term of didactic education as stated in the intern’s clinical syllabi. NWHSU retains the right to change how the competencies are measured throughout the terms of a student’s education; in all cases these changes will be clearly articulated and distributed to students at the beginning of a new term, and updates included in future Clinic Handbooks.
The following educational competencies include, but are not limited to:
- Interviewing/data collection skills
- Documentation accuracy including responsible record keeping, protection of patient confidentiality
- Diagnosis
- correct use of diagnostic methods of traditional Chinese medicine; the four examinations
- classification of data according to traditional Chinese medical pathological patterns;
- differential diagnosis of TCM disease categories
- Treatment:
- ability to determine a treatment strategy based on TCM diagnosis;
- development of a logical and coherent treatment, including strategic planning and prioritization in treatment;
- ability to perform all Chinese medical clinical techniques and to use equipment safely and effectively in the delivery of treatment;
- ability to assess effectiveness of treatments administered and modify as needed;
- ability to determine when patients need emergency care, and when to make referrals to other healthcare practitioners;
- ability to effectively utilize resources for referral and to communicate with other healthcare practitioners using commonly accepted medical terminology.