Use of recording booklets to evaluate teaching in general practice

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• General Practice Training
• Clinical Skills Development

Background:

• Introduction of recording booklets for medical students at the University of Glasgow.
• Focus on community-based general practice teaching.
• Addressing chronic and complicated diseases in patient cases.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the effectiveness of recording booklets in general practice teaching.
• To assess improvements in students' clinical abilities.
• To determine specific areas of skill enhancement.

Main Methods:

• Implementation of guided recording booklets for students.
• Marking and evaluation of case histories within the booklets.
• Assessment of student performance in clinical documentation.

Main Results:

• Demonstrated improvement in students' overall clinical abilities.
• Significant enhancement noted in documenting social history.
• Marked progress observed in creating problem lists for complex cases.

Conclusions:

• Recording booklets are an effective tool for general practice teaching.
• The intervention successfully improved students' documentation skills, particularly in social history and problem listing.
• The teaching aims were fulfilled through the use of these guided booklets.