Table 1 Overview of highlights of the "GP learning stations"
Highlights of the “GP learning stations” | |
|---|---|
Main Topic | Examples of the work in small groups |
Day 1 Acute and Chronic Illnesses in General Practice | |
Common cold and dyspnea | Dyspnea-self-awareness-exercise for the students who walk upstairs while breathing through a straw to experience dyspnea firsthand |
Chest pain in general practice | Interactive work on the differences in the causes of chest pain |
Diabetes in general practice | Hands-on examination of the feet with monofilament und the neurological tuning fork |
Day 2 Complex Consulting Occasions | |
Back pain in general practice | Case discussion on the treatment of back pain patient based on the National Care Guideline with a distinction between red, yellow, blue and black flags. Also, students practice practical physical exercises for non-specific back pain with mats and on transportable loungers |
Quaternary prevention in general practice | Get to know the (rather unknown) term “Quaternary prevention” using four typical examples in general practice situations in order to raise awareness of prevention of unnecessary treatments and/or diagnostics or over-medication and to explore the basic medical principle of “primum non nocere” |
Addiction in general practice or the “challenging” patient | Role play between a GP and an alcoholic or drug addicted patient; the GP helps the patient with empathy or withstands the pressure of the patient |
Day 3 The Elderly Patient | |
Multi-medication in general practice | The medication of a doctor's letter from a hospital is critically discussed and the medication is reduced in order to avoid possible interactions and to improve patient compliance |
Geriatrics in general practice | Instant aging “light” experience with heavy gloves and cream-smeared sunglasses, with this disguise students have to remove tablets from a blister to understand a possible perspective of elderly people with poor eyesight and less precise hand feeling” |
Palliative care in general practice | Interactive case discussion of a patient who comes from the clinic with a poor prognosis – how do general practitioners guarantee optimal care in the primary care sector? |