"Heidelberg Standard Examination" - Final year students' experiences with a handbook and instructional videos to improve medical competence in conducting physical examinations.

ABSTRACT: Background: The physical examination (PE) of patients is a core competence in almost all medical disciplines. The teaching materials "Heidelberger Standard Examination", consisting of a handbook and accompanying videos, were developed with the objective of providing medical students with an innovative faculty-wide teaching and examination standard to sustainably advance students' PE competences during medical training. Methods: In a "mixed-method approach" comprising both quantitative and qualitative measures, our study examined Heidelberg University Hospital final year (FY) medical students' use and evaluation of the individual teaching material components. Therefore, 92 FY students completed quantitative evaluation measures and ten FY students took part in individual 30-min

SUBMITTER: Knauber J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6120156 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature