The AaLplus near-peer teaching program in Family Medicine strengthens basic medical skills-A five-year retrospective study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Basic medical skills such as history taking and physical examination are essential components of clinical work profiles, but nevertheless have been neglected by conventional preclinical curricula. The near-peer-teaching program AaLplus [living anatomy plus] teaches basic medical skills, especially history taking, physical examination, and venepuncture, to preclinical students. It is a highly popular compulsory course in the first four semesters (320 students/year, 9h/semester) at Heidelberg University and ends with a formative Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) during which students receive structured in-depth feedback on their performance. AaLplus is part of the Department of General Practice's longitudinal curriculum for Family Medicine. OBJECTIVES:This study aim

SUBMITTER: Schwill S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259978 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature