Bedside Teaching in Heart Disease for 1st-Year Medical Trainees by Specialized 2nd-Year Medical Trainees / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

In the past 2 years, all 1st-year medical trainees have been instructed in physical examination of patients with heart disease in the general ward of Tenri Hospital by two or three 2nd-year medical trainees who had received special training in physical examination for heart disease. After 1 year of training, all 1st-year medical trainees became confident in making a proper physical examination and in detecting an S3 gallop but were not confident in detecting other abnormal physical findings. On the other hand, the 2nd-year medical trainees thought that they were able to organize their own medical knowledge by teaching 1st-year medical trainees.