Clinically Speaking
Clinically Speaking will help you succeed on clinical placements by improving your communication with patients, their families and staff. Currently, Clinically Speaking is comprised of learning resources including iVoc, clinical clips and classroom based workshops.
Go to Clinically Speaking in iTunes (opens an external site) or alternatively, download the files below for iVoc and the clinical clips individually.
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iVoc
Listen to and see images of nursing and medical terminology related to Adult Nursing Cardiovascular and Respiratory, and for your clinical placements.
Download (zip, 7.5MB)
Clinical clips
Scenarios
Watch some typical scenarios before your clinical placements. See a nurse interacting with patients, a registered nurse and clinical facilitator.
Introduction to patient 1
Download (m4v, 31.2MB, 4:50 mins) | Transcript (PDF, 49kB) | Language activity (doc, 53kB)
Introduction to patient 2
Download (m4v, 29.7MB, 4:35 mins) | Transcript (PDF, 49kB) | Language activity (doc, 53kB)
Helping patient to mobilise
Download (m4v, 25.9MB, 4:02 mins) | Transcript (PDF, 45kB) | Language activity (doc, 61kB)
Giving handover to RN
Download (m4v, 11.2MB, 1:52 mins) | Transcript (PDF, 41kB)
Explaining care to patient
Download (m4v, 29.2mb, 4:32 mins) | Transcript (PDF, 57kB) | Language activity (doc, 41kB)
Debriefing with facilitator
Download (m4v, 105mb, 15:45 mins) | Transcript (PDF, 78kB)
Interviews with students and facilitators
Face to face workshops
For students needing to improve their clinical communication skills. You will be informed by your clinical facilitator if you need to attend workshops. The dates, times and location of the workshops will be given to you by your subject co-ordinator. Details of the workshops will also be published here and on the HELPS website.
