This unit provides the students with a theoretical and practical framework for the clinical assessment and examination of the client/patient. It lays the foundation for examination procedure and strategy and explores the use of common assessment tools that may be employed by the practitioner to aid and expand their assessment repertoire. It provides an essential adjunct knowledge base to clinical practice.

1. Understand and analyse the various ethical and interpersonal considerations during patient examinations.
2. Compare and contrast the usage of different methodologies of physical examination in gathering requisite information for diagnosis.
3. Develop a coherent argument for the most appropriate usage of specific methodologies in physical examination.
4. Critically evaluate information received from the physical examination in patient diagnosis.
5. Conceptualise which of the different methodologies of physical examination may be of most use for a variety of diseases/disorders.

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