The Apprentice Doctor® Presents the Ultimate Accredited Premedical Programs/Workshops.

All virtual program attendees will work through various Apprentice Doctor® Courses and Practical Projects – scroll down to see the Program Schedule Morning sessions will start with a 60-90 minute day-planner virtual interactive meeting.

Several virtual demo workshops are included, including surgical knot tying and suturing.

Objectives of the foundation medical course are to:

Perform > 50 fun Practical Projects at home and gain dozens of medical skills!

The Apprentice Doctor Academy Foundation Medical Course and associated Apprentice Doctor® Medical Kit:

• Offer a glimpse into the fascinating world of medicine.
• Promote the concept of taking responsibility for one’s health.
• It may very well lead to choosing a fulfilling career in one of the numerous fields of modern medicine.

After completing The Apprentice Doctor Academy Foundation Medical Course, students should have a good understanding of the following:

• An understanding of medical ethics
• An understanding of medical ethics
• 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 to diagnosing diseases
• 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 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

The objective of the Apprentice Doctor® Suturing Course is to equip students:

• With the skills to confidently tie surgical knots
• Various techniques for suturing lacerations
• A basic understanding of the theory of wound closure and wound care

The student should, on completion of this course, have a good understanding of the following:

• The basic principles of wound care
• Knot-tying techniques (as related to knots used in surgery)
• Surgical instruments used in suturing
• Suture materials
• The various suturing techniques used by medical professionals to close lacerations
• Suturing complications and how to rectify these

The student should have the following skills:

• Tying a square knot (two-hand tie, one-hand tie, and instrument tie)
• Tying a surgeon’s knot (one-hand tie and instrument tie)
• Placing sub-cutaneous sutures
• Placing interrupted sutures
• Placing a variety of mattress sutures
• Using several other types of suturing techniques
• Correcting minor discrepancies while suturing
• Removing sutures

Proposed program schedule:

Successful candidates will receive a letter of acceptance email

The relevant conference zoom and course links will follow closer to the program date via email

Students proudly show their Apprentice Doctor Academy certificates!