How Hands-On Experience Helps Burnett School of Medicine Students
The Clinical Skills curriculum at the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University teaches students how to interact with patients, ask questions to get medical information, and how to do physical exams.
Medical students are getting immediate hands-on experience thanks to the Clinical Skills Curriculum at Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University.
Students are taught how to interact with patients, ask questions to get medical information, and how to do physical exams.
“I think it’s one of the most important things,” said Sandra Esparza, M.D., Assistant Dean of Clinical Curriculum. “You have to have the medical knowledge, but you also have to know how to treat patients. It’s an important part of being a physician.”
With close supervision, students learn these skills by working with Standardized Patients (SP), who are trained to portray what could happen during a real patient visit. Students are then given immediate feedback on their performance.
“It’s one of the reasons why I chose Burnett School of Medicine at TCU,” said Thien An Nguyen, MS-2. “I love the thought of learning in clinic rather than just a book. Burnett School of Medicine emphasizes being an Empathetic Scholar® and I feel we learn that when we are in clinic.”