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Foundation Medical Course (AD-ENV-001)
737 students

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The Foundation Medical Course

Master Medical Skills Used by Medical Professionals Daily

 

Perform more than 50 fun practical projects at home and gain dozens of medical skills.

After completing the Future Doctors Academy Foundation Medical Course, students should have a good understanding of:

  • The basic principles of conducting a medical examination
  • An understanding of how to use several medical instruments and items
  • The basic human anatomy and physiology of the eleven bodily systems
  • The systematic approach in diagnosing diseases
  • An understanding of medical ethics
  • The importance of taking a thorough medical history
  • The meaning of multiple medical terms (medical terminology)
  • Various careers in medicine and healthcare

In addition to this, the student will have the following healthcare/medical skills:

Hand Hygiene

  • Hand washing
  • Applying alcohol hand-rub
  • Donning and doffing gloves

Distinguish between normal and abnormal bodily sounds

  • Heart sounds
  • Gastro-intestinal sounds
  • Respiratory sounds
  • Joint sounds

 The student will be able to assess a patient’s vitals

  • Heat rate
  • Body temperature
  • Respiratory rate
  • Blood pressure

 The student will be able to examine various bodily parts

  • The eye
  • The ear
  • The skin, hair, and nails
  • The mouth
  • The abdomen
  • etc.

 The student will be able to elicit neurological reflexes

  • The Patellar Reflex
  • The Babinski reflex
  • The Pupil-light reflex

Other medical skills (perform and interpret)

  • Urinalysis
  • Pulse Oximetry

The student will have a working understanding of the following topics

  • The body’s water balance
  • The basic principles of airway management
  • Emergency medicine and trauma
  • Burn injuries
  • Growths (tumors)
  • Several metabolic diseases
  • Many infectious diseases

 

Who Should Enroll In This Course?

– High School students in Grade 10 to 12

–  Students at premed years 1-4 levels.

Setting

Home-based learning

 

Time Allowed

Thee months are allowed to complete the course.

 

Duration

+-60 Hours (including practical projects).

The Future Doctors Academy recommends that the student not rush through the course (not more than 3 hours per day) to allow for consolidation of the information. The course could be done in less than a week with full-time study; however, it is recommended that you not rush and instead allow the information to consolidate in your mind.

From the date of enrollment, you have 12 weeks to complete the course, failing which you will need to re-enroll.

Furthermore we recommend that you briefly review the previous day’s work before continuing each day. This will also consolidate the knowledge in your mind.

Requirements/Instructions

— Register with Future Doctors Academy

— Enroll in Course

— Simulation Kit (optional but recommended to complete the practical projects and practice the techniques you learn)

Click here to order your Apprentice Doctor® Foundation Simulation Kit

 

Certified Credits

Equivalent to sixty shadowing hours

— IMPORTANT: If you are NOT a part of the Envision Experience and you wish to receive formal certification there is a $29 accreditation fee payable. This certification is valid for two years but the certificate will remain a valuable addition to any job or academic application long after.

 

 

Warnings

– The Apprentice Doctor® Foundation Course and accompanying Simulation Kit (including all items and instruments in the kit) are exclusively intended for educational and training purposes. No instrument or item may be used in a real clinical medical setting (emergency or otherwise).

– Without a formal medical qualification you may open yourself to medicolegal litigation if applying these techniques on the public.

– The surgical gloves contain latex. We do supply latex-free gloves as an alternative on request.

– The Apprentice Doctor® Foundation Course and Simulation Kit is suitable for students over 13 years of age. Adult supervision is recommended for students below the age of 18 years.

  • First Things First
    • Copyrights, Warnings, and Disclaimer
    • Preface
    • Objectives
    • The Medical Foundation Simulation Kit
    • Keys to the Practical Projects
  • Section 1 - Introduction
    • Introduction to Medical Ethics
    • Quiz 1
      5 questions
    • Sterility and Aseptic Technique
    • Hand Hygiene
    • Project 1A: A Technique for Proper Handwashing
    • Project 1B: Cleaning Hands With an Antiseptic Rub
    • The Protective Clothing Surgeons Wear
    • Project 1C: How To Don (Put On) Clean Gloves
    • Project 1D: How To Safely Remove Used Gloves
    • Project 1E: How To Change Into Theater Attire
    • Project 1F: How To Scrub For Surgery [Only Available During Apprentice Doctor Workshops]
    • Project 1G: How To Gown For Surgery [Workshop Project]
    • Project 1H: How To Don Sterile Gloves [Only Available During Apprentice Doctor Workshops]
    • Quiz 2
      5 questions
  • Section 2 - Basic Principles of a Medical Examination
    • A Biomedical Perspective on Sound
    • Project 2 – The Qualities Of Sound
    • Project 3 – An Introduction To Percussion
    • The Ear and Hearing
    • Project 4 – Medical Sound Samples
    • Project 5 – Examine the External Ear
    • A Biomedical Perspective on Light
    • Project 6A – Mixing Colors of Light
    • Project 6B – Inspect the Color of the Mucous Membranes
    • The Eye and Vision
    • Project 7 – Examine the Eye
    • Project 8 – The Snellen Test
    • Project 9 – The Blind Spot
    • Medical Instruments
    • Project 10 – The Stethoscope and Sphygmomanometer – Assembly and Care
    • Project 11 – The Stethoscope: Familiarize
    • The Examination of a Patient
    • Project 12 – Take a Medical History
    • The Physical Examination
    • Project 13 – The Structural Arrangement of the Body
    • Project 14 – Subdivisions of the Chest
    • Project 15 – Subdivisions of the Abdomen
    • Project 16 – A Percussion Model of the Chest
    • Project 17 – Technique for Medical Percussion
    • Project 18 – Examination by Percussion
    • Quiz 3
      5 questions
    • The Human Body
    • Organization of the Human Body
    • Quiz 4
      5 questions
  • Section 3 - Systems of the Human Body
    • The Body Systems
    • The Integumentary System (Covering System)
    • Project 19 – Examine the Skin
    • Project 20 – Examine the Nails
    • Project 21 – Examine the Hair
    • The Skeletal System
    • Project 22 – The Bony Landmarks of the Body
    • Project 23 – Joint Sounds
    • The Muscular System
    • Project 24 – Body Temperature
    • Project 25 – The Muscles of the Body
    • Project 26 – The Heart Rate
    • Quiz 5
      5 questions
    • The Nervous System
    • Project 27 – the Pupil-Light Reflex
    • Project 28 – The Facial Nerve
    • Project 29 – Spinal Nerve Reflexes
    • Quiz 6
      5 questions
    • The Endocrine System
    • Quiz 7
      5 questions
    • Project 30 – Growth Chart
    • The Cardiovascular System
    • Project 31 – Turbulence in the Flow of a Liquid
    • Project 32 – Heart Sounds
    • Project 33 – Capillary Refill Test
    • Project 34 – Pulse Oximetry Practical
    • Project 35 – Blood Pressure
    • Quiz 8
      5 questions
    • The Lymphatic System
    • Project 36 – The Body’s Lymph Nodes
    • The Respiratory System
    • Project 37 – The Respiratory Rate
    • Project 38 – Respiratory Sounds
    • Project 39 – Breathing Movements
    • The Digestive System
    • Project 40 – Examine the Oral Cavity
    • Project 41 – Taste Laboratory
    • Project 42 – Gastrointestinal Sounds
    • Project 43 – Examine the Abdomen
    • Quiz 9
      5 questions
    • The Urinary System
    • Project 44 – Urinalysis
    • The Reproductive System
    • Project 45 – Heart Sounds: Unborn Baby
    • Quiz 10
      5 questions
  • Section 4 - Diseases Fact File
    • Diagnosis
    • Project 46 – Signs of Inflammation
    • Project 47 – The Examination of a Swelling
    • Project 48 – Performing a Diet Audit
    • Project 49 – Determining the BMI
    • Body Fluids (Water and Electrolyte Balance)
    • Project 50 – The Signs of Dehydration
    • Project 51 – The Signs of Edema
    • Trauma (Emergency Medicine)
    • Project 52 – Levels of Consciousness
    • Project 53 – Prevention of Emergencies
    • Project 54 – Body Surface Area in Burns
    • Focus on Specific Diseases
    • Other Infectious Diseases
    • Quiz 11
      5 questions
  • Section 5 - Assessments and Final Thoughts
    • Careers in Medicine
    • Final Assessment
      80 questions45 min
    • Certification
    • Epilogue

Instructor

Anton Scheepers Anton Scheepers

About the Course Author


Dr. Anton Scheepers is founder of The Apprentice Doctor® and the Future Doctors Academy. Dr. Anton, as he is fondly known, is a Specialist Maxillofacial and Oral Surgeon with more than 35 years experience in the medical field.

He has completed rotations in General Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, as well as Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery. He is president of The Apprentice Corporation which he founded in 2002 with a dream to helping future medical professionals reach their dreams.

Dr. Anton has had a colorful career which includes exploits such as treating leprosy patients in a large leprosarium, treating soldiers and civilians in a bush war in Africa, rendering medical services to prisoners – including death-row prisoners, and working with classified and dangerous psychiatric patients.

He started a medical sciences section in the largest Science Center in Africa – the Sci-Bono Discovery Science Center - and was involved with medical research in collaboration with Dr. Sandy Marks Jr. from the University of Massachusetts.

He is the head of the Premedical Sciences Department at the Solid Rock Community and Virtual Schools based in Tampa, Florida.

Authored Books Include:


- The Apprentice Doctor® - For Future Doctors Medical Course

- The Apprentice Doctor® - How to Suture Wounds Course

- The Apprentice Doctor® - Venipuncture Course

- The Apprentice Doctor® - Orthopedic Fracture Reduction Training Course

- The Apprentice Doctor® - Surgical Aseptic Technique

Awards and Commendations Include:


- P Grant Smith Gold medal for Maxillofacial Surgery

- The College of Medicine Silver Medal in Maxillofacial Surgery

- The Michael and Janie Miller Prize Final Year Surgery

- Commendation for excellent service rendering by the Director of the Department of Health

- Commendation for excellent service rendering by the director of Prison services

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