APPLIED ANATOMY AND KINESIOLOGY

LABORATORY
SCORING GUIDE FOR PALPATION
10 7 3 1
ANATOMICAL Easily locates and Locates and identifies Locates and identifies Cannot locate and
ACCURACY identifies the bony the bony landmarks, soft the bony landmarks, soft identify the bony
landmarks, soft tissues tissues and muscles tissues and muscles landmarks, soft tissues
and muscles on the first after 2 attempts with after multiple attempts and muscles after many
attempt and without minimal feedback with moderate feedback attempts with constant
feedback feedback
PROFESSIONALISM Establishes rapport and Establishes rapport but Asks for patient’s No rapport established
asks for patient’s consent asks for patient’s consent in an Did not ask for patient’s
at the beginning of the consent midway to the unprofessional manner consent
session session Establishes rapport after No respect for patient’s
Respects patient’s Respects patient’s a few minutes to the boundaries and comfort
boundaries and comfort boundaries and comfort session
Patient is uncomfortable
with minimal to no
regards to patient’s
boundary and comfort
SAFETY, POSITIONING Assumes and maintain Assumes and maintain Assumes proper body Incorrect body
AND PROPER DRAPING proper body mechanics proper body mechanics mechanics and mechanics
and ergonomics and ergonomics most ergonomics but was not
throughout the session the time able to maintain it Incorrectly positions the
body parts during the
Positions the body parts in Positions the body parts Positions the body parts palpation
a correct and proper way in the correct and proper in the correct and proper
during palpation way during palpation after multiple attempts Draping technique was
Maintains proper draping during the palpation improper all throughout
procedure during the Draping technique is Incorrect draping the session
palpation incorrect from time to technique most of the
 time time
INTEGRATION Correctly understands the Correctly understands Understanding the No understanding of the
relationship between the relationship between relationship between anatomical landmarks
anatomical landmarks and anatomical landmarks anatomical landmarks and their adjacent
their adjacent structures and their adjacent and their adjacent structures even with
without feedback structures with minimal structures are correct multiple and regular
feedback with regular and feedback
multiple feedback
CLINICAL REASONING Able to apply anatomical Able to apply Able to apply Cannot apply
knowledge of palpation to anatomical knowledge anatomical knowledge anatomical knowledge
clinical scenarios and of palpation to clinical of palpation to clinical of palpation to clinical
events easily and scenarios and events scenarios and events scenarios and events
smoothly with little difficulty with moderate difficulty even after multiple
attempts and feedback
Create a proper clinical Create a proper clinical Create a proper clinical
decisions and diagnosis decisions and diagnosis decisions and diagnosis Cannot create a proper
based on palpation results based on palpation based on palpation clinical decisions and
easily and smoothly results with confusion results with confusion diagnosis based on
and with minimal and with multiple and palpation results with
feedback regular feedback confusion even with
multiple and regular
feedback