CSTAP:
Practice of Medicine-2

Subject

Description

History and physical exam review

Second-year medical students perform a history and complete physical examination on a patient instructor (fourth-year medical student) while receiving immediate verbal feedback about their techniques.   The students also receive detailed written feedback from the patient instructors following the encounter.

Gynecological/Urological Instruction

Second-year medical students receive instruction regarding the female breast-pelvic and the male genital-rectal examination    from trained gynecological and urological teaching associates.   The students not only receive instruction and demonstration, but also have the opportunity to perform the examination while receiving constructive feedback from their patient instructors.

History & physical exam

Second-year medical students perform a history and physical examination on a simulated patient while being evaluated by a fourth-year student silent observer.   The students also receive detailed verbal and written feedback from the simulated patient and observer.