Clinical Medicine 2nd Year

Following the individual encounter of the student with an inpatient introduced by the Chief Nurse, and after a debriefing (small groups) with the clinical care team in charge of he patient, final plenary encounters will examine reflective writing techniques. The student will be enabled to extend his writing spectrum from a descriptive approach to: the exploration and critique of assumptions, values and previous beliefs; the description of disorienting dilemmas; careful attendance to the patient's emotions as well as the student's own emotions.

The student will be able to: explore and make explicit the implicit dilemmas, difficulties, and concerns revealed by the patient's narrative; examine alternative explanations; use reflective thinking to report and openly discuss patient's emotions as well as his own emotions.