title: Clinical training in the clinical electives year in the medical curricula in Switzerland - considerations regarding content and structure.
abstract: With their publication on quality management of clinical-practical instruction for Practical Year medical students in Germany and the preparation of a catalogue of criteria, Raes et al. tackle questions, both in terms of content and structural framework, in a current and relevant subject area [1]. The following commentary provides an additional outline of the current situation of clinical-practical instruction during the so-called "clinical electives year" in Switzerland, which broadly corresponds to the Practical Year in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Universität Zürich, Medizinische Fakultät, Dekanat, Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schirlo
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D013337:Students, Medical; D013557:Switzerland