'They've all got to learn'. Medical students' learning from patients in ambulatory (outpatient and general practice) consultations Ashley P et al. - In the most effective teaching consultations, doctors promoted a level of participation that realized patients' and students' mutual sense of responsibility by orientating them to one another, creating conditions for them to interact, promoting and regulating discourse, helping students to perform practical tasks and debriefing them afterwards. Those broad conclusions translate into 18 practical recommendations for supervising a medical student in an outpatient clinic or surgery. [more...]
