Introduction to Clinical Medicine

Second-year medical students are introduced to clinical experience by means of a series of lectures and demonstrations. Members of all departmental faculties participate in a course designed as an introduction to clinical medicine, bridging the gap between the basic sciences and their clinical application. Classroom instruction in history taking and physical examination is supplemented by weekly tutorial sessions conducted by members of the faculty in a ratio of one tutor to two students. Instruction is correlated with that in clinical laboratory diagnosis.