Background: Direct patient contact is crucial in learning important interactional and examination skills. However, medical students have limited opportunity to self-responsibly practise these skills in authentic clinical settings and typically receive insufficient feedback on their performance. We developed a novel single-session ambulatory teaching concept (Heidelberg Student Ambulatory traini...

A 54-year-old woman with a diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was referred to the cardiac transplant unit for clinical assessment. Her cardiovascular history included hypertension and 2 prior hospitalizations for heart failure. Her anamnesis was notable for an episode IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY of hepatic failure and hypereosinophilia following ingestion of watercress 15 years before. Lat...