Challenging cases during clinical clerkships beyond the domain of the "medical expert": an analysis of students' case vignettes.

ABSTRACT: Background: During clinical clerkships students experience complex and challenging clinical situations related to problems beyond the domain of the "Medical Expert". Workplace routine may leave little opportunity to reflect on these situations. The University of Zurich introduced a mandatory course directly after the clinical clerkship year (CCY) to work up these situations. Prior to the course each student submitted a vignette on a case he or she had perceived challenging during the CCY and which was not related to the domain of the "Medical Expert" role. In this paper we want to characterize these cases in respect to most prominent themes and related CanMEDS roles. The goal was to inform clinical supervisors about potential teaching demands during the CCY. Methods: All case

SUBMITTER: Bachli P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6545608 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature