First experience with the practical year in internal medicine
Heimpel, H.; Schneider, J.; Ziegler, R.
Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift 119(42): 1349-1352
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0341-3098 PMID: 412069 Document Number: 112736
The first experience with the training program carried out in the University of Ulm presents a number of problems which could be important for its realization in teaching hospitals. The seminar and course program should be related to practice and be organized with the active cooperation of the students. The quality of the training to a great extent depends on the didactic skill, willingness to teach and a not inconsiderable expense of time for the chief physician, the assistant chief physician and the physician in charge of the wards during visits and when working in the ward. The omission of the "Junior Intern" status seems to be a disadvantage to the teaching organization. Condensing the seminar sessions into one month in a three-month period is possibly a logical compromise to guarantee the necessary continuity of the ward work and additional theoretical preparation for the final examination which the student requires.