title: How to ... set up a course in objective methods of clinical practice.
abstract: A course in objective methods of clinical practice has been set up for medical students in University College, Galway. Such a course needs to rely on practical work and demonstrations with preferably clinical examples rather than exhortation. The course should be a fairly intensive one and probably best placed in the third year of a 5-year programme. Adequate resources need to be provided to mount the course. The course should be audited and students should be assessed.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lavelle
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003662:Decision Theory; D003933:Diagnosis; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D010808:Physical Examination; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*