This UC is of the modular type and is taught three times a year to one group of students at a time.

Intended learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and competences to be developed by the students): 

At the end of these rotations, the student will be able to: 

• Take a detailed patient’s history 
• Perform a complete physical examination 
• Create a list of problems, signs or symptoms 
• Make a differential diagnosis with an order of probability (clinical reasoning skills) 
• Propose relevant diagnostic tests 
• Design a therapeutic plan 
• Communicate with other health care professionals 
• Cooperate in a professional health care team 
• Use knowledge of relevant epidemiological and life style related and genetic risk factors in patient management Specific: 
• At the end of these rotations, the student will be able to: 
• Interpret basic laboratory test results 
• Interpret an X-ray of the thorax 
• Interpret an electrocardiogram 
• Use basic pharmacotherapeutic skills (according to the six-step guideline) 
• Perform a peripheral venous catheterisation 
• Use evidence based medicine to answer a clinically relevant question (diagnosis or treatment) 
• Reflect on ethical questions. 

Syllabus: 

Key disciplines: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Dermatology, Pulmonology 

• General Internal Medicine (6 weeks) 
• Other clinical rotations (6 weeks, e.g. pulmonary medicine, cardiology, dermatology, oncology, intensive care, rheumatology, vascular medicine, infectious diseases, geriatric medicine); the local coordinator assigns rotations to students at random. The main goals for the junior clerkship are to identify and prioritize clinical problems, and to understand and select clinical interventions.