Teaching and learning clinical skills, Part 2--Development of a teaching model and schedule of skills development

In Part 1 of this paper the development of a multidisciplinary Skills Centre in a London teaching hospital, and the Clinical Skills Matrix, a composite list of skills required by nurses and doctors was described. Part 2 describes how a model for skills teaching, the Integrated Skills Teaching Model, was developed in order to provide a framework for teaching within the centre. This work and that of Alavi et al (1991) led to the development of a Schedule of Skills Development. This identifies the skills to be acquired and indicates the level of performance at specific stages throughout the Project 2000 programme. The schedule provides a comprehensive overview of skill development for teachers, students and clinical staff.