Clinical Skills
Clinical Skills
Clinical Skills (pronunciation: /ˈklɪnɪkəl skɪlz/) are a set of abilities, techniques, and practices that healthcare professionals use to provide patient care. They encompass a wide range of practical and interpersonal skills that are essential for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients.
Etymology
The term "Clinical" is derived from the Greek word "klinikos", which means "bed". This refers to the practice of caring for patients who are bedridden. "Skills", on the other hand, comes from the Old Norse word "skil", which means "discernment" or "knowledge".
Related Terms
- Medical Education: The education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, either the initial training to become a physician, additional training thereafter (medical residency and fellowship).
- Patient Care: The services rendered by members of the health professions for the benefit of a patient.
- Healthcare Professional: A person who provides preventive, curative, promotional, or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to people, families, or communities.
- Diagnosis: The identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon.
- Treatment: Management and care of a patient to combat, ameliorate, or prevent a disease, disorder, or injury.
- Management of Patients: The process of deciding what must be done in a health care – controlling, coping with, directing, overseeing, planning, or ruling actions.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Clinical Skills
- Wikipedia's article - Clinical Skills
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