Clinical experience of clerks and dressers: a three-year study of Birmingham medical students. 1986

D N Lockwood, and L H Goldman, and I C McManus

A survey of the clinical experience of junior medical clerks and surgical dressers on their first clinical attachment in the Birmingham University Teaching Hospitals was organized by students over a three-year period. A typical clinical student had performed basic clinical procedures such as putting up a drip, doing an ECG, bladder catheterization and seen a wide range of other procedures. Most students felt involved in the work of the firm, had clerked routine admissions, and regularly attended the firm's emergency admission night. Consultants on most firms were felt to be concerned about student progress. Students attached to district general hospitals gained a wider range of clinical experience than those at established teaching hospitals. Student-run audit is a useful way of monitoring the clinical experience gained by medical students.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010343 Patient Admission The process of accepting patients. The concept includes patients accepted for medical and nursing care in a hospital or other health care institution. Voluntary Admission,Admission, Patient,Admission, Voluntary,Admissions, Patient,Admissions, Voluntary,Patient Admissions,Voluntary Admissions
D010348 Patient Care Team Care of patients by a multidisciplinary team usually organized under the leadership of a physician; each member of the team has specific responsibilities and the whole team contributes to the care of the patient. Health Care Team,Interdisciplinary Health Team,Medical Care Team,Multidisciplinary Care Team,Multidisciplinary Health Team,Healthcare Team,Care Team, Health,Care Team, Medical,Care Team, Multidisciplinary,Care Team, Patient,Care Teams, Health,Care Teams, Patient,Health Care Teams,Health Team, Interdisciplinary,Health Team, Multidisciplinary,Healthcare Teams,Interdisciplinary Health Teams,Medical Care Teams,Multidisciplinary Care Teams,Multidisciplinary Health Teams,Patient Care Teams,Team, Health Care,Team, Healthcare,Team, Interdisciplinary Health,Team, Medical Care,Team, Multidisciplinary Care,Team, Multidisciplinary Health,Team, Patient Care,Teams, Interdisciplinary Health
D002982 Clinical Clerkship Undergraduate education programs for second- , third- , and fourth-year students in health sciences in which the students receive clinical training and experience in teaching hospitals or affiliated health centers. Clerkship, Clinical,Clerkships, Clinical,Clinical Apprenticeship,Clinical Clerkships,Apprenticeship, Clinical,Apprenticeships, Clinical,Clinical Apprenticeships
D004504 Education, Medical, Undergraduate The period of medical education in a medical school. In the United States it follows the baccalaureate degree and precedes the granting of the M.D. Medical Education, Undergraduate,Education, Undergraduate Medical,Undergraduate Medical Education
D004739 England A part of Great Britain within the United Kingdom.
D006767 Hospitals, District Government-controlled hospitals which represent the major health facility for a designated geographic area. District Hospitals,District Hospital,Hospital, District
D006784 Hospitals, Teaching Hospitals engaged in educational and research programs, as well as providing medical care to the patients. Hospital, Teaching,Teaching Hospital,Teaching Hospitals
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001291 Attitude of Health Personnel Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc. Staff Attitude,Attitude, Staff,Attitudes, Staff,Health Personnel Attitude,Health Personnel Attitudes,Staff Attitudes

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