Don’t neglect to gather informations not only about the benefits, but also about the contraindications or side effects of the diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
The adverse reactions caused by the administration of drug treatments and the execution of diagnostic examinations (especially if a contrast agent is utilised) represent a particularly relevant threat in modern medicine. It is then fundamental for medical students to...
Don’t perform any diagnostic or therapeutic procedure without having previously collected the medical history and information on possible allergies or pre-existing diseases of the patient.
The collection of the medical history represents, in most cases, the first contact with the patient, including the family history and the remote and prior pathological history. It is thus fundamental that the medical history collects as many details including, indeed,...
Don’t observe the patient only from the biological point of view but consider also the subjective component of the disease, the level of health literacy and the familial and social context in which the patient is inserted.
It’s fundamental that medical students are aware of the importance of a doctor-patient relationship within which the patient is considered in its entirety and not as a passive receiver of assistance. Such relationship is essential to the realization of an effective...
Don’t settle for receiving a teaching limited to a mere mnemonic exercise that does not employ active learning processes, require to center the teaching on the semeiological examination and on the rational that underlies every diagnostic and therapeutic process.
Too often the study of medical students is limited to a passive and mnemonic learning of a multitude of knowledges that do not find practical applications or are not used in problem solving. In doing so, these knowledges are likely to become a purely theoretical...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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