Undergraduate Medical Education

Clinical Skills Lab

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Clinical Skills Lab

  • Daryl Lofaso, Ph.D., RRT, CHSE
    Skills Lab Course Director
  • 504-568-4006
  • 504-599-1453
  • 2020 Gravier Street, Suite 602
    New Orleans, LA 70112

CSI 202 Skills Lab # 5:

GU (Foley) Catheterization and Pelvic Examination / Rectal Examination

 

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OBJECTIVES/COMPETENCIES:  At the end of this lab, students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate and review appropriate Urethral catheterization (males and females): indications, contraindications, technique, and equipment. 
  • Demonstrate and review appropriate Pelvic Examination: indications, contraindications, technique, and equipment. 
  • Demonstrate and review appropriate Breast Examination.
  • Demonstrate and review appropriate Rectal Examination: indications, contraindications, technique, and equipment.
  • Demonstrate and review appropriate Prostate Examination.
  • Demonstrate and review appropriate Testicular Examination.

Read Urethral (Foley) Catheterization in the Student Procedure Manual; read Bates (13e) textbook Chapters 20 - 22 (E-Book Link: pages 677-696, 697-727, and 728-744); and view videos on Male Urethral Catheterization, and Pelvic, Bimanual, prior to the session.  Also review the PowerPoint presentation on Skills Lab 5, which may be printed out as a handout.  Take on-line pre-test prior to the "Zoom" scheduled review: pretest, discussion, and question/answer. After the Zoom session, student groups will attend a scheduled lab session for a procedure demonstration and practice. Students will report to the Skills Lab to demonstrate the procedure/skill on either an anatomical model or patient simulator.   

 

EQUIPMENT :  None

 

DRESS:  Comfortable Clothes

 

Updated: 5/29/23

 

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