Second year

Name of the subject: Introduction to Clinical Medicine

Credits: 2

Total number of hours: 30; lectures: 12 (6*2); practices: 18 (6*3); seminars: 0

Type of the course (mandatory/elective): mandatory

Academic year: 2022/2023

Code of the course¹: AOVCSA249_1A

Course director: Professor Peter Torzsa M.D., Ph.D.

Contact details: H- 1085 Budapest, Stáhly u. 7-9. Phone: +36-1-355-8530
Email: torzsa.peter@med.semmelweis-univ.hu

Position: Head of Department

Date and number of Habilitation: 11/2020

Tutor: Adam Becze M.D., becze.adam@med.semmelweis-univ.hu

Aim of the subject and its place in the curriculum:

Presenting patients. Case reports. Referral of patients.

The medical consultation. Communication with the patient and his/her relatives. Effective cooperation with patients. Means to improve compliance.

Differential diagnostics. Using basic diagnostic means and tools and assessing test results.

Most frequent diseases in the clinical department and the general practitioner’s office. Care of frequent chronic illnesses.

Preventive approach, screening procedures. The importance of prevention.

Holistic patient care, managing complex bio-psycho-social-health problems

Development of professional consciousness. Teamwork in medicine.

Overview of the research activity at the clinical department. Raising interest in participating.

Location of the course (lecture hall, practice room, etc.): Lecture hall, family practices, University clinics

Competencies gained upon the successful completion of the subject:

Prerequisite(s) for admission to the subject: Only for students in the 2nd year, following completion of the Introduction to Patient Care in 1st year 2nd semester.

Minimum and maximum number of students registering for the course: max. 16 students/group

Student selection method in case of oversubscription: –

How to register for the course: Registration for the course in the ’Neptun’ system

Detailed schedule of the course²:

Lectures: 12 (6*2 lessons)
Week 1-6: internal medicine, public health, dermatology, urology, pulmonology, neurology lectures, slides later on Moodle

Practices: 18 (6*3 lessons)
7, 8th week: internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, family medicine, orthopedics, traumatology, cardiology, dermatology, urology, pulmonology, neurology according to the attendance sheet (practice 1-2.)

Week 9 (Oct 31- Nov 4): no practices

10th-13th week: obstetrics&gynecology, family medicine, pediatrics, orthopedics, traumatology, surgery, internal medicine, psychiatry, cardiology, dermatology, urology, pulmonology, neurology according to the attendance sheet (practice 3-6.)

Week 14: Exam: Essay

Potential overlap(s) with other subjects: –

Special training activities required³: Completed attendance sheet

Policy regarding the attendance and making up absences: 1 absence is tolerated. It’s compulsory for the student to attend 75 percent of the training sessions. If needed, the student can join on week 13 another training group to meet this requirement, please contact with the Department asap in that case (e-mail).

Means of assessing the students’ progress during the semester⁴: –

Requirement for acknowledging the semester (signature): It’s compulsory for the student to attend at least 75 percent of the training sessions.

Type of the examination: written, Essay

Exam requirements⁵: Short case study (essay, typed, at least 2000 characters without spaces, Times New Roman font, font size 12) of a specific patient chosen from any practice. Add your own opinion and experiences about contacting the patient, about the case.

Recommended form of a case study:

Patient’s personal data is not required, please use monograms, or fake names. Age, gender, social background (family, student/job/retired).
Anamnesis – previous surgeries, hospital cares, chronic diseases.
Current complaints, signs of illness.
Diagnostic tests, methods done and planned.
Diagnosis or which illness is considered.
Basic plan of patient care – e.g. medication, surgery, other therapies, followup
+Personal opinion about the patient as a person and as a medical case.

Deadline for uploading the essay is 12th Dec, Monday midnight, on the MOODLE platform.

Type and method of grading⁶: evaluation of the essay according to the following criteria:

Grade 1: failing to hand in the essay by deadline; the case study is not original, but plagiarism; absence of a certain case study

Grade 2: there is a proper case study but formal requirements missed

Grade 3: case study with too general drafting, without any personal experience

Grade 4: a proper case study with 1-2 not too significant professional or formal mistake

Grade 5: proper case study with precise and accurate wording in the medical jargon, personal opinion about the patient’s case

How to register for the exam: – (the Department will see to that)

Opportunities to retake the exam: In accordance with the Studies and Exams Code