Don’t hesitate to ask to be appropriately evaluated during your learning process.
The competence evaluation is a fundamental stage in the learning process. A resident should always be extensively evaluated in order for him to acquire all the requested skills to become a professional who can face future challenges. In recent years, the...
Don’t test new skills and procedures directly on patients, especially if not trained nor tutored.
The most used teaching method for medical skills include only observation followed by practical activity on patients, without any simulation. Numerous studies demonstrated the potential harm on the patients of this model, compared to the possible simulation models...
Before and during the residency, don’t neglect to stay informed and know your contract and your rights as well as the national and local residency contract. Not knowing your rights could make you a danger to your patients!
Knowing your contract and your rights during the recidency helps you and your patients: long shifts without rest could lead to inattention and errors and endanger the patients. Furthermore, long periods of hard work could lead to burn-out. All these conditions could...
Don’t focus only on clinical skills, work also on your soft skills.
A patient-centered medicine needs residents not only trained on clinical skills. Residents need to be trained also in soft skills such as communication, relationship and problem solving. Focused training on patients-centered communication and evaluation of the...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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