6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1022135ANR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
Clinical Skills and Internships I consists of four major components:
1. Skills Education
2. Communication
3. Internships
4. Medical French
1. Skills Education
The skills education is made up of 5 learning lines in which different skills are taught. In Clinical Skills and Internships I, the following learning lines are discussed:
• FIRST AID
• Medical and nursing skills
• Resuscitation in the form of Basic Life Support for adults and children
• History and physical examination
• Infection prevention
A detailed overview of the topics taught is available on Canvas.
2. Communication
Active listening is discussed in the first year of communication. You learn attitudes and conversation techniques that enable a professional problem-solving conversation. After the first year you will be able to obtain information from someone else about their experiences in relation to their health and illness.
3. Internships
• GP internship
The GP internship lasts 1 week, with the focus on learning and practicing basic practical skills. This is also an introduction to the field of general practice and an introduction to collaboration within healthcare. You will immediately experience what your study means in practice.
• Care internship
The care internship is an internship that takes place at UZ Brussel for a maximum of 1 week. In addition, an internship is done in the Emergency Department and/or in another nursing department in the hospital (depending on the availability of the nursing departments). This internship takes place in July, August or September between 1st and 2nd bachelor. For more information: see also the course file 'Clinical skills and internships II'.
4. Medical French
During the Medical French lessons, the basic rules of grammar are repeated and the basic medical vocabulary is taught. This will be further practiced during some practical sessions.
Not applicable.
After the skills training, communication lessons and medical French lessons, the student can or has:
After the care internship, the student has:
After the GP Medicine internship week, the student can:
Form a picture of the concept of diagnostic landscape
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 20% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 20% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
1. Evaluation Clinical Skills and Internships I
The endpoint for Clinical Skills and Internships I consists of a weighted average of the point for continuous assessment, internships and the Skills Education and Communication exam. You must pass each of those parts (get at least 50%) before the weighted average is made. If you fail for one of those components, your final grade for the subject Clinical Skills and Internships I will be equal to the lowest grade obtained.
• Permanent evaluation (20%)
There is a separate continuous assessment for the skills education, communication and Medical French component, whereby each point is awarded a point out of 20 after all lessons have been completed. You have to pass each of those separate parts (get at least 50%) before the average is made. If you fail one of those permanent evaluations, your final grade for the permanent evaluation will be equal to the lowest grade obtained. You must have passed the continuous assessment to be allowed to participate in the exam of Clinical Skills and Internships I in both the 1st and 2nd examination period. If a student has not passed the permanent evaluation, this will be communicated to the student personally before the start of the examination period.
Continuous assessment of skills education: There is a compulsory attendance for the course Clinical skills and internships I and these attendances are mandatory from the first organized WPO, regardless of the time of registration for the course. An unauthorized absence will result in a 0/20 for the permanent evaluation. A maximum of 3 different topics may be missed if it concerns a legitimate absence in order to pass the permanent evaluation. If more topics are missed, this will lead to a 0/20 for the permanent evaluation. Any absence must be notified in good time to skillslab@vub.be, the faculty secretariat and the lecturers involved (for more information about who should be notified, you can consult the materials on Canvas).
Permanent evaluation communication: There is a compulsory attendance for the course Clinical skills and internships I and these attendances are mandatory from the first organized WPO, regardless of the time of registration for the course. An unauthorized absence will result in a 0/20 for the permanent evaluation. A maximum of 3 different topics may be missed if it concerns a legitimate absence in order to pass the permanent evaluation. If more topics are missed, this will lead to a 0/20 for the permanent evaluation. Any absence must be notified in good time to skillslab@vub.be, the faculty secretariat and the lecturers involved (for more information about who should be notified, you can consult the materials on Canvas). During the academic year, assignments and tasks will be given for communication. Failure to submit these tasks or not submit them on time is reflected in the score for continuous assessment and can lead to an unsatisfactory mark.
Permanent evaluation Medical French: There is a compulsory attendance for the course Clinical skills and internships I and these attendances are mandatory from the first organized WPO, regardless of the time of registration for the course. An unauthorized absence will result in a 0/20 for the permanent evaluation. If the medical French lesson is missed in the context of a legitimate absence, a replacement task will be imposed. Any absence must be notified in good time to skillslab@vub.be, the faculty secretariat and the lecturers involved (for more information about who should be notified, you can consult the materials on Canvas).
• Skills education and communication exam (60%)
The Exam of Clinical Skills and Internships I consists of several station tests. When taking the exam you are required to take all stations (both all stations related to skills and all stations related to communication). You must pass each station individually (get at least 50%) before the average is made as the final grade for the exam. If you fail for one of the stations, your final grade for the exam will be equal to the lowest grade obtained. Each station individually can have its own conditions to succeed. These conditions will be announced via Canvas before the start of the exam period. At the Communication station, the points for the tasks (including reflection report, patient interview report and GP internship – see guideline) that were made during the academic year are also taken into account.
• Internships (20%) At the end of the GP internship, a point out of 20 is given based on the internship and the portfolio. The rating of The assessment of the care internship falls outside the examination period and is included in the final assessment of Clinical Skills and Internships II. For more information: see also the course file Clinical skills and internships II '. 2.
Second session The components 'permanent evaluation' and 'internship' cannot be resumed in the second examination period. Partial marks for the stations within the skills education and communication exam can be transferred to the second examination period if the result is at least 50% and with the approval of the lecturer. A student who has not obtained a credit for the entire course unit in the first examination period and who nevertheless wishes to retake one or more passed examination components (with the exception of permanent evaluation and internship), sends an email to skillslab@vub.be no later than 2 weeks before the start of the course. the second session. Once the student has notified by e-mail that he/she wishes to waive his partial mark(s), he will lose this irrevocably.
3. Partial grades if the credit is not obtained in the second examination period
The partial marks for the internships can be transferred to the next academic year at the explicit request of the student (skillslab@vub.be) and with the approval of the lecturer. This must be requested at the latest before the start of the new academic year. When the student has passed the permanent evaluation of the skills education (result of at least 50%) and has passed all stations of the skills education on the exam (result of at least 50% for each individual station), these partial marks can be obtained at the explicit request of the student (skillslab@vub.be) and transferred to the next academic year with the agreement of the lecturer. This must be requested at the latest before the start of the new academic year. When the student has passed the permanent evaluation of communication (result of at least 50%) and has passed all stations of communication on the exam (result of at least 50% for each individual station), these partial marks can be changed at the explicit request of the student. (skillslab@vub.be) and, subject to the teacher's approval, transferred to the next academic year. This must be requested at the latest before the start of the new academic year. When the student has passed the permanent evaluation of medical French (result of at least 50%), this partial mark can be transferred to the next academic year at the explicit request of the student (skillslab@vub.be) and with the approval of the lecturer. This must be requested at the latest before the start of the new academic year.
4. Viewing the exam
To view the Clinical Skills and Internships I exam, students can make an appointment via skillslab@vub.be within three days of the official announcement of the exam results. The student must clearly state which parts he wishes to view. An individual time is agreed at which the exam can be discussed with the student.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Medicine: Standard track (6 years) (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Medicine: Initial track (6 years) (only offered in Dutch)