" We want to make you curious. About pediatrics, and of course about pediatric cardiology and intensive care medicine."
The field of pediatrics plays an important role in the fourth year of Human medicine. While the lecture in the second year of study was still general and concise and was determined by propaedeutics and "manual" techniques, the twenty-six lecture hours deal with special issues of pediatric and adolescent medicine. The lecture canon is filled with content in equal proportions by the four pediatric departments; the content corresponds to the "National Competence-Based Learning Objectives Catalogue for Medicine" (NKLM, defined by the Medical Faculty Association).
Parallel to the lecture block, the teaching formats "Problem-oriented learning" (POL) and "Clinical decisions" (KLE) are offered. Here, students learn how to make medical diagnoses and therapy decisions (group work) with the support of Clinical Departments using clinical examples they have worked on themselves.
An EDP-supported written exam (multiple-choice procedure) concludes the theoretical part of pediatrics before moving on to bedside teaching ("Blockpraktikum"). Small groups of three to five students spend one day in each of the four Departments familiarizing themselves with typical clinical pictures in the various areas. Under the supervision of a physician, a structured anamnesis and a complete physical examination of the children are on the agenda. The necessary diagnostics and common treatment regimens are then discussed.
The block internship concludes with an oral examination: Components are a short patient presentation and the systematic development of a case vignette with the examination of theoretical specialist knowledge (SMP= standardized oral examination).
Compulsory elective subject - Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine
As part of your studies, you can also take an elective subject "Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine". You can find more information here.
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