Khyber Medical University Journal (Sep 2022)
THE HIDDEN VALUE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY TESTS UTILITY IN MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING: A MESSAGE FOR THE DECISION MAKERS
Abstract
Clinical physiology department in well-organized university hospitals has three important roles: 1) it can be considered the best link between the basic sciences that have been taught in the undergraduate curriculum and clinical practice. 2) several techniques are practiced in the clinical physiology department operating in close collaboration with other clinical specialties which are very helpful in providing health care such as Pulmonary Function Test, Electroencephalogram, Nerve Conduction Studies, Auditory Brainstem Response, Electrocardiogram, Exercise-based “stress tests,” etc. 3) it has a strong relation with research disciplines and its participation in this field cannot be neglected. The aim of this viewpoint is to unravel the hidden importance of the clinical physiology department and its utility in both basic sciences and clinical teachings, both for health care and research. Therefore, assuring clinical physiology as an independent part of the basic sciences physiology department with the decision-maker support could guarantee the survival and continuation of the link between undergraduate teaching and clinical practice. The practical sessions of the undergraduate curriculum should be updated so that students get knowledge of techniques utilized in their clinical careers. This is beyond the conventional theory bases irrelevant teaching curriculum. Recruitment of well-qualified and specialized specialists in clinical physiology techniques, technicians, and nurses who can perform and interpret these tests effectively as well as supplying the unit with modern and sophisticated equipment is of great value. Research funds have to be directed toward clinical physiology that can boost the development of medical evolution ahead.
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