Good teaching practice

Benefits indicated by students

Providing consultation with the teacher,
informing about such a possibility on the department’s website

Showing students the time and place where,
upon agreement, taking into account the sanitary regime, students can obtain answers to their questions and doubts; information about the possibility of consultation should be displayed on the department’s  website and on the e-learning platform.

Earlier (before the classes start ) contact
of the teacher coordinating didactics with the group representative

It enables the solution of some organizational problems, which facilitates the smooth conduct of classes, it is possible, for example, to divide into exercise groups at this time;

It helps to provide information to students on the timetable (including breaks), including their topics (students can prepare for classes in advance, read the materials).

It enables the discussion of the rules of crediting, including the proposed date of credit, rules of conduct in emergency situations (fortuitous events)

Providing interactivity between the teacher
and students

Asking questions addressed to particular students during simultaneous classes, preparation of quizzes and questionnaires, tasks for students – to be solved and completed during classes.

Answering students’ questions via chat (in case of simultaneous classes) and by e-mail or during contact consultations (in case of asynchronous classes)

Analyzing clinical cases during on-line classes

The preferred form of online exercises, allows students to discuss symptomatology, differential diagnosis, prevention and treatment plan with the participation of students, reflect the realities and possibilities of working in primary care, specialist outpatient clinics, hospital wards with various levels of referentiality, Hospital Emergency Department; students are encouraged to spontaneously propose solutions in a given clinical case (case-based learning), incorrect answers are corrected and explained.

Enabling contact with the patient during
on-line classes (e.g. interviewing, participating in the ward rounds)

It enables the improvement of interview; it enables observations of the physical examination and additional examinations being carried out – necessarily with the commentary of the teacher;

It helps to conduct a psychiatric examination.

Classes in the Medical Simulation Center

It enables the acquisition of basic practical skills, in compliance with the principles of epidemiological safety

Use of external e-learning platforms

The use of film materials (prepared by the departments or from, for example, the Incision Academy, Lecturio platform) allows you to familiarize yourself with the course of selected treatments and medical procedures, the rules of conducting a physical examination – it is necessary to provide the teacher’s comments on an ongoing basis during classes.

Making internal surveys in departments

It makes it possible to obtain information on the comments and expectations regarding the classes on an ongoing basis

Conducting internal classes observations in departments

Class observations are carried out by the head of the department or a person designated by him from among teachers from a given department, which allows for quick identification of strengths and weaknesses of the classes, and enables ongoing evaluation of teachers.