Table 1 Survey items by domain: "My medical education prepared me to.."a
From: Survey of self-assessed preparedness for clinical practice in one Croatian medical school
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Domain 1: Understanding Science | |
1. | Understand the cellular basis of disease |
2. | Apply principles of basic science to clinical conditions |
3. | Justify drug uses on the basis of their mechanisms of action |
4. | Select drugs on the basis of their costs, risks and benefits |
Domain 2: Practical Skills and Patient Management | |
5. | Record clinical data systematically |
6. | Carry out an efficient physical examination |
7. | Carry out basic ward procedures |
a. Recording blood pressure | |
b. Inserting an intravenous line | |
c. Digitorectal exam | |
d. Inserting a urinary catheter | |
8. | Carry out basic surgical procedures (eg, suturing) |
9. | Handle medical emergencies (eg, infarction, stroke, epilepsy status...) |
Domain 3: Holistic Care | |
10. | Evaluate the impact of family factors on illness |
11. | Understand the interaction of social factors with disease (eg, poverty, unemployment) |
12. | Appreciate the importance of a patient's cultural/ethnical and religious background |
Domain 4: Prevention | |
13. | Take a drug and alcohol history with an initial consultation |
14. | Encourage patients to improve their health habits (e.g., unhealthy food, obesity, smoking...) |
15. | Provide education to patients and families about prevention of disease |
Domain 5: Interpersonal Skills | |
16. | Feel competent to tell a patient that they have a terminal illness |
17. | Deal with dying patients and their family |
18. | Feel competent to counsel a distraught patient |
Domain 6: Confidence/Coping Skills | |
19. | Cope with stress caused by my profession |
20. | Balance my work and personal life |
21. | Remain calm in difficult situations |
22. | Approach confidently senior staff for help in interpreting investigations |
Domain 7: Collaboration | |
23. | Be sensitive to the needs of nursing staff |
24. | Be able to coordinate a comprehensive patient management plan with other specialists and allied health professionals (eg, physiotherapists) |
25. | Appreciate the importance of group dynamics when working within a team environment |
Domain 8: Self-Directed Learning | |
26. | Invest time in developing my knowledge and skills |
27. | Keep up to date with medicine |