341 MED

Med Course 341 is the first clinical course for medical students. It is a 10 credit-hours course consisting of theoretical (lectures) and clinical components (bedside teaching). The main objective of the course is to master history taking, learn physical exam techniques and how to recognize physical signs. The course is taught over a 28-week period.

THEORETICAL PART:   There shall be three lectures per week covering all the general medicine aspect such as cardiology, rheumatology, pulmonology, endocrinology, nephrology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases and neurology given over 84 lectures during 28 weeks.

CLINICAL BEDSIDE TEACHING:   There shall two clinical sessions per week. The teaching consists mainly of basic history taking, basic technique of different system examinations and definition and identification of physical signs.

WRITTEN EXAM
 
IS COMPOSED OF 45 QUESTIONS OF TRUE OR FALSE ANS 15 QUESTIONS OF SINGLE BEST , each question is required to have five stems, setting the questions in a standard form, 5 statements a to e. There shall be 1 mark to be awarded for each correct statement answered in True or False questions (i.e. 1 x 5 = 5) and 5 full marks on every correct answer in the Single Best questions. There is no negative marking in the written exam. Students are advice to answer all the questions and make sure to submit the answer sheets with out any empty space.
 
 
CLINICAL EXAM
 
Students will be marked on his/her ability to take history and perform a physical examination of all the systems taking into consideration that this is their first clinical exam. On both occasions, examiners do not expect the students to know the diagnosis or differential diagnosis of patients. Students are not expected yet to know the management approach.
 

Suggested reference: Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine