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Teaching Professional Attitudes and Basic Clinical Skills to Medical Students

A Practical Guide

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Authors:
  1. Jochanan Benbassat

    1. Department of Medicine (retired), Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

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  • First of its kind, concise, easy to read resource

  • Written by an accomplished clinical teacher

  • Covers full range of topics related to teaching ideal attitudes and basic clinical skills

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Paradigmatic Shifts in the Theory, Practice, and Teaching of Medicine Since the 1970s

    • Jochanan Benbassat
    Pages 1-10

  3. Communicating with Patients

    • Jochanan Benbassat
    Pages 11-57

  4. The Physical Examination

    • Jochanan Benbassat
    Pages 59-78

  5. Recording the Clinical Database

    • Jochanan Benbassat
    Pages 79-92

  6. Clinical Reasoning

    • Jochanan Benbassat
    Pages 93-108

  7. The Behavioral and Social Sciences in Medical Education

    • Jochanan Benbassat
    Pages 109-123

  8. Medical Errors and Quality Assurance of Healthcare

    • Jochanan Benbassat
    Pages 125-139

  9. Shifts in the Structure of Health Care and Doctor–Society Relations

    • Jochanan Benbassat
    Pages 141-158

  10. Changes in Medical Education

    • Jochanan Benbassat
    Pages 159-168

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 169-171
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About this book

The second edition of this concise, easy-to-read title is designed for clinical teachers looking to refine their approach to teaching professional attitudes and basic skills to medical students. The core sections on communication skills, physical examination, and clinical reasoning have been fully updated; and the book has been expanded to cover such topics as the role of the social and behavioral sciences in clinical care, quality assurance of patient care, and the rationing of medical resources in clinical practice.  On all topics, the renowned author clearly and adroitly offers keen insights gleaned from his long career, explaining the importance of these topics and how students form their own opinions about them.  For example, writes the author, the primary goal of teaching the social and behavioral sciences is to raise awareness that age, low socioeconomic status, recent life events, drug dependence, mental illness, high body mass index, and belonging to an ethnic minority are risk indicators for morbidity. Second, the author address second opinions, outlining how not getting a second opinion is a cause of health care disparities. In addition, the author discusses how unexpected study results should not be ignored, nor should they be considered definitive evidence, but rather hypotheses that should be tested by further studies.  Teaching Professional Attitudes and Basic Clinical Skills to Medical Students: A Practical Guide, 2nd Edition  will be of great assistance to teachers who must provide an approach not only to teaching patient interviewing and the physical examination but to teaching key, clinically relevant topics of the behavioral and social sciences that are so vital to developing an effective, well-rounded physician.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medicine (retired), Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

    Jochanan Benbassat

About the author

Jochanan Benbassat, 

Department of Medicine (retired), 

Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, 

Jerusalem, Israel.

Formerly,

 

Professor of Medicine and Chair of Medical Education Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.

 

Professor of Medicine and Chair of Behavioral Sciences in Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

 

Senior Research Associate, Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute, the Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Teaching Professional Attitudes and Basic Clinical Skills to Medical Students

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide

  • Authors: Jochanan Benbassat

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26542-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26541-9Published: 24 March 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-26542-6Published: 23 March 2023

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 171

  • Topics: Cardiology, Surgery, Neurology, Endocrinology

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