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One-on-one long-term tutorials in general practitioners' practices - a successful new teaching concept in primary care medicine

Isler, Ruedi and Romerio, Silvana and Halter, Ursina and Heiniger, Simon and Persike, Malte and Röers, Bodo and Martina, Benedict and Tschudi, Peter and Bally, Klaus. (2009) One-on-one long-term tutorials in general practitioners' practices - a successful new teaching concept in primary care medicine. Swiss medical weekly : official journal of the Swiss Society of Infectious Diseases, the Swiss Society of Internal Medicine, the Swiss Society of Pneumology, Vol. 139. pp. 161-165.

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Abstract

To improve teaching in practical and communicative skills and knowledge in day-to-day medical practice, in 1997 we introduced one-on-one tutorials in general practitioners' offices as a mandatory part of medical students' academic education. Students participate actively half a day per week in their 3rd and 4th academic years (out of 6) in the office or clinic of a trained personal tutor. We recruited 270 general practitioners in town or from surrounding rural areas for this purpose. 85% of students choose general practitioners as their tutors and 15 % tutors in hospitals. To test whether the tutorials' aims were achieved, in 2005 we performed a detailed questionnaire evaluation after seven years' experience of one-on-one tutorials. All 236 students involved were asked to participate. The response rate was almost complete (98%). 233 anonymous questionnaires were analysed. Students reported improvement in knowledge, social and communicative skills and personal motivation. The overall rating of the one-on-one tutorials obtained 5.3 on a 6 point scale and achieved the top ranking among all university medical faculty classes. In-practice long-term one-on-one medical student-general practitioner tutorials can be recommended for implementation.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Institut für Hausarztmedizin IHAMB
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Institut für Hausarztmedizin IHAMB
UniBasel Contributors:Bally, Klaus and Martina, Benedict
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:EMH
ISSN:1424-7860
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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