Percentage of students | |
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1. What are the main points you took away from this exercise? | |
A. Themes | |
1. Understanding role of physiology in disease & clinical medicine | 61% |
2. Integrating physiology across organ systems (cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal) | 57% |
3. Learning to develop physiology-guided management/treatment plans | 54% |
4. Learning how to approach and think about patient presentation, including: | 36% |
a. Interpreting physical examination findings and lab values | |
b. Formulating a differential diagnosis | |
c. Working up a patient to confirm a diagnosis | |
5. Highlighting topics in physiology to review before the wards (e.g., areas of weakness or importance) | 25% |
B. Physiology Concepts | |
1. Frank-Starling relationship & volume status (underfilling versus overfilling) | 46% |
2. General overview of physiology | 39% |
3. Acid–base physiology | 32% |
4. Ventilation-perfusion mismatch | 29% |
5. Shock & hypotension | 18% |
6. Renal failure | 7% |
2. Has this exercise changed your perspective concerning the importance of applying physiology in clinical medicine? If so, how? | |
Increased appreciation for role of physiology in clinical medicine | 86% |
3. How useful do you believe this exercise is in preparing you for working on the medicine wards? | |
Useful/very useful | 100% |