Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Patient Contact (ISK_242)
About Study Course
Objective
Patient Contact:To develop the students' understanding of professional communication as an essential part of the medical practice.To develop the students' ability to choose adequate communication form and type in a particular clinical situation.Introduction to Clinical Medicine:Instruct students on medical history documentation – chief complaint, history of present illness, past medical history.Develop bedside physical examination skills according to the clinical case – the interview, inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation.Teach the ways of combining patient subjective experience in an illness with the data from physical examination and come to a possible diagnosis.Hematology:Learn about hematological patients examination methods. Learn to recognise and define changes in red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.Learn to define anemia, recognise symptoms and signs of anemia. Learn laboratory diagnostic of anemia, laboratory classification of anemia.Learn types of bleeding disorders, symptoms and signs, laboratory diagnostic methods.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the introduction to the history of medicine, ethics and law; knowledge of medical philosophy and bioethics; introduction to the study process, basics of argumentation. Normal anatomy, histology, normal physiology, biochemistry, and the principles of medical physics, biology and basics of genetics. Normal hematopoesis. Normal blood count. Normal blood coagulation/hemostasis.
Learning outcomes
1.The student will demonstrate an understanding in the field of communication and describe the link between theoretical knowledge of ethics and applied therapeutic aspects.
1.The student will be able to communicate with patients, their relatives, colleagues, and other people involved in the health care process.
1.The student will demonstrate the ability to professionally manage conversations with patients and their families by assessing the problem and the persons involved.
