Thomas Perricone

Communication Skills

- My academic experience has enabled me to develop IT skills from a young age using Microsoft Office packages, and Excel spreadsheets, confidently sending professional emails such as referral letters and reliably using Blackboard where I can submit assignments and access lecture content

- The 3 years of internal and external placements have further developed my health education whereby I am confident to inform patients regarding footwear, lifestyle choices, and emollient therapy which we use in podiatry practice

-I have completed my mentorship of first-year podiatry students using the GROW model which developed my leadership capability, increased engagement with colleagues, and the chance to develop my colleagues' skills

-My placement at the Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust has furthered my communication with patients, carers, and educators in line with the policy of the trust for equality and diversity

- My knowledge and awareness surrounding patient confidentiality and record-keeping have strengthened due to actively participating in staff meetings and external talks within the university

- I have a constant working knowledge of electronic note-taking and paper record systems using the SOAP format while I also proactively seek out new NICE guidelines

-Each year I have had my personal development folder for podiatry at Salford University signed which highlights certain clinical skills that have been completed but also OSCE examinations

Clinical Skills

-Every academic year I completed my elfh, practical CPR training, and the University of Salford basic life support training

-Both University clinics and external clinics have advanced my skills within the MSK environment in which I can accurately manufacture a range of insoles I have experience with both foam impression boxes for casted insoles and apply posting on off-the-shelf insoles in sports and paediatric clinics

-I have a plethora of scalpel work both on routine clinics at University with lower risk patients and a large abundenst of general clinics within the NHS at Darwen health centre with high-risk patients

-During NHS wound care clinics, my educators have transformed my knowledge and ability surrounding wound care, they informed me about certain dressings and how to utilize them with different patients

-I have surpassed my local anesthesia, prescription-only medicine, and applied clinical medicine models therefore enabling me to carry out nail surgery

Organisational skills

-I never fail to submit my assignments on time and to the best of my ability

-Throughout my NHS placement I worked to the allocated time with patients which is 25 minutes, seeing 7 patients in the morning session and 7 in the afternoon

-I believe I have a formal presence when going to work, arriving early in order to help my colleagues

-I am able to provide and explain treatment plans to patients whereby I can apply certain lower limb pathologies to diagnose, manage, and record pathologies using the correct podiatry abbreviations, referral systems and select appropriate treatment plans according to NICE guidelines