Patient involvement in clinical teaching.

Patient involvement in clinical teaching.

This paper presents findings from a longitudinal study of patient refusals (as reported by graduating medical students) to take part in the teaching function of public hospitals. Results from a smaller study of non-patients' attitudes are also reported. Findings are discussed in terms of patients' rights, issues of personal privacy, medical education, and the public good.

Teaching NeuroImage: hippocampal involvement in a patient with hypoglycemic coma.

A 55-year-old diabetic man presented with coma for 2 days. Neurologic examination did not reveal any lateralizing signs and moderate hypoglycemia (43 mg/dL) was noted. Under the assumption of hypoglycemic coma, 50% dextrose solution of 50 mL was given IV, which normalized his mental status. Brain MRI showed high signal intensity lesions in the bilateral hippocampi from CA1 to CA3 areas (figure)...

Teaching clinical skills with patient resources.

Whose voices? Patient and public involvement in clinical commissioning

AIM This paper aims to explore patient and public representation in a NHS clinical commissioning group and how this is experienced by staff and lay members involved. BACKGROUND Patient and public involvement is believed to foster greater public representativeness in the development and delivery of health care services. However, there is widespread debate about what representation is or what i...

Patient involvement in clinical research: why, when, and how

The development of a patient-centered approach to medicine is gradually allowing more patients to be involved in their own medical decisions. However, this change is not happening at the same rate in clinical research, where research generally continues to be carried out on patients, but not with patients. This work describes the why, when, and how of more active patient participation in the re...