Medical communication summer practice in general practice

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Topic

The practice with a GP (5 days/week x 6 hours/day x 1 week= 30 hours) can be completed in the praxis of the doctors.

1st day:Introduction of the team Introduction of the praxis The role and the place of the students in the office The different situations in the office

2nd day: Practice of the greetings and the introduction The most common problems of the patients Methods of the administration Collection of the main symptoms Evaluation of the symptoms Basic physical eximinations

3rd day: First interview Present complaints Living circumstances Risks Medical history Summary of the problems Evaluation of the first interview3rd day: First interview Present complaints Living circumstances Risks Medical history Summary of the problems Evaluation of the first interview

4th day: Visiting the patient at home Evaluation of the experiences.

5th day: Second interview Evaluation of the interview Evaluation and summary of the program Feedback (Evaluation form for the student and the mentor). We cannot accept a practice that took place in previous years but was not properly administered!

Lectures

Practices

• 1. Introduction of the praxis - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 2. Introduction of the team - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 3. The Role and the Place of the Student in the Practice - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 4. Methods of the Administration - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 5. Administration in Practice - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 6. Introduction of the praxis - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 7. The role and the place of the students in the office - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 8. The most Common Problems of the Patients - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 9. Different Situations in the Office - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 10. Interviewing Patients - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 11. Collecting Present Complaints - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 12. About Past Medical History - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 13. The Patient?s Living Circumstances - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 14. Risk Factors - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 15. Collecting Data from the Patients - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 16. Basic physical examinations - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 17. Practicing Basic Physical Examinations - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 18. Collecting main Symptoms - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 19. Evaluating Symptoms - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 20. Making Conclusion and Offering a Plan to the Patients - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 21. Different Situations with Different Patients - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 22. Different Situations with Different Patients - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 23. Difficult Patients - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 24. Visit the Patient at Home - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 25. Making the first Interview - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 26. Evaluation of the First Interview - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 27. Making the Second Interview - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 28. Evaluation of the Second Interview - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 29. Evaluation of Experiences - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ
• 30. Evaluation and Summary of the Program, Feedback - FELKÉRT OKTATÓ

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

János Pilling: Medical Communication in Practice, Medicina Publishing House, 2020

Peter Tate: The Doctor?s Communication Handbook, Raddcliff Publishing, 2008

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Recommended literature

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Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Summer practice in Medical Communication Skills can only be completed at accredited GP’s office for adults.

List of accredited Hungarian family practices is available at the homepage of the Institute.

A Declaration of Acceptance signed by the chosen GP must be uploaded to NEPTUN till the end of term-time.

The practice can only be begun with the permission of the Head of Department. At a given time period, only one student can be present at the tutor’s (GP’s) office. In order to have the practice accepted, you need to complete and upload to NEPTUN 2 interview forms, as well as two evaluation forms (one from the student and one from the doctor) 3 days after the completion of the practice. The required forms can be downloaded from the website of the Department of Primary Health Care. The practice can be completed abroad or at Hungarian GP’s office accredited by the University.

We accept practice completed in the actual school year.

Mid-term exams

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Making up for missed classes

Exam topics/questions

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Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Bán Ildikó
• Pátri László János
• Rinfel József
• Sándor György