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Teaching clinical methods to medical students

¹Department of General Practice, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK.

Medical Education

|July 1, 1993

Summary

General practitioners can effectively teach clinical methods in primary care settings. This approach, involving protected time and small groups, benefits both students and educators.

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Primary Care Medicine
Clinical Skills Training

Background:

Traditional clinical methods teaching often occurs in hospital settings.
There is a need to integrate clinical skills training within primary care environments.
General practice settings offer unique learning opportunities for medical students.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate the feasibility of teaching clinical methods in general practice.
To describe the organizational structure of a successful general practice attachment for clinical teaching.
To evaluate the satisfaction levels of students and teachers involved in this primary care-based teaching model.

Main Methods:

Implementing a structured attachment program for medical students in general practice.
Utilizing willing and properly briefed general practitioners as clinical teachers.
Focusing on protected time, small group teaching, and direct observation.
Emphasizing systematic examination techniques over specific physical signs.

Main Results:

General practitioners are competent to teach clinical methods when adequately prepared.
The attachment model provides a satisfactory learning experience for students.
The teaching model is perceived as satisfactory by the general practitioner teachers.
Key elements for success include protected time, small groups, and observational learning.

Conclusions:

Teaching clinical methods in general practice is feasible and effective.
General practitioners can successfully deliver high-quality clinical skills education.
Primary care attachments offer a valuable and satisfying educational experience for both students and teachers.
Promoting clinical methods teaching by general practitioners is strongly advocated.

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