[Handbook for rotation candidates--Norwegian experiences]

Clinical handbooks and procedure descriptions have been suggested as a way to improve the practical part of the medical education in Norway, but experience with books of this type is scarce, and the applicability of the model has been questioned. This paper reports a questionnaire survey among Norwegian medical students who have had hands-on experience with such a book throughout their student practice. The book apparently has been used, and no serious criticism has been put forward. It is an obvious sine qua non that such a book is used with proper care, and that the cooperation with senior doctors on duty is maintained.