From the MediSkillsLab to Bedside: Practical and Theoretical Training to Become a Clinical Demonstrator (DDK)

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2023-2024

Topic

A solid theoretical knowledge is important in all clinical subjects of Medical School. However, practical skills are crucial to apply medical training to real life patients. This 3-day-course (at the beginning of September, incl. exam day) will cover several theoretical and practical aspects. Its goal is to create the basis of being a supporting bedside teacher (demonstrator) and to improve the teacher-student-relationship: After this course, potential demonstrators should have strong expertise in the physical examination of patients in the clinic of internal medicine. Accordingly, the new demonstrators will practically train the physical examination, which is also a key aspect in the evaluation of exams in all upcoming subjects of internal medicine.
The first part of the course is primarily focused on taking a well-structured medical history and building connections between patient’s statements/ keywords to the student’s medical expertise. The second part is to revise and update the existing medical knowledge and skills for the physical examination. The course ends with a practical and theoretical exam in the MediSkillsLab.
The course is not for a make-up course, but sohould prepare highly motivated students, and to perform teaching activities at the current semester in Introdcution into the Int. Medicine.

Lectures

Practices

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Strategies for taking Medical History – Asking the right questions
• 3. The Socioeconomic Status/ drug abuse / …… and consequences
• 4. Taking Medical History 1 – head and neck
• 5. Theory 1 – head and neck (visual diagnosis)
• 6. Physical Examination 1 – head and neck
• 7. Taking Medical History 2 – ventral thorax
• 8. Theory 2 – ventral thorax (visual diagnosis) – incl. ECG
• 9. Physical Examination 2 – ventral thorax
• 10. Taking Medical History 3 – dorsal thorax
• 11. Theory 3 – dorsal thorax (visual diagnosis)
• 12. Physical Examination 3 – dorsal thorax
• 13. Taking Medical History 4 – abdomen
• 14. Theory 4 – abdomen (visual diagnosis)
• 15. Physical Examination 4 – abdomen
• 16. Taking Medical History 5 – limbs
• 17. Theory 5 – limbs (visual diagnosis)
• 18. Physical Examination 5 – limbs
• 19. Special Signs (Mitral facies, Murphys-Sign, Courvoisier-Sign, etc.)
• 20. Red Flags – physical examination / medical history
• 21. Practical Training in the 2nd Department of Medicine and N-D Centre
• 22. Practical Training in the 2nd Department of Medicine and N-D Centre
• 23. 'Repetitio est mater studiorum'
• 24. Exam

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

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Literature developed by the Department

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Notes

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Recommended literature

A written handout, containg the most important theoretical and practical informations, will be given to the students in the beginning of the course. This script will also be the base for the exam.

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Maximum of 15 % absence allowed

Mid-term exams

Every student must perform the whole physical examination during this course.

Making up for missed classes

It is not possible to make up for absence exceeding 10% of the total time.

Exam topics/questions

To successfully complete this course, the student must pass the exam after the three days of training. Here, the students should demonstrate the physical examination on each other in pairs. Furthermore, the students should answer theoretical questions (medical terms, descriptions, clinical signs, etc.). A key focus is the correct usage of medical terms as well as the correct performance of examination techniques.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Bolba Nóra
• Dr. Cseh Judit
• Dr. Laczy Boglárka
• Dr. Márkus Bence
• Dr. Molnár Gergő Attila
• Dr. Sebők Judit
• Dr. Sélley Eszter
• Nörenberg Jasper Maximilian