Elective: Community Medicine II
Holistic view of health and disease and new approaches in medicine
- Offer: Summer semester
- Contact: Dr. Henriette Markwart, henriette.markwart[at]med.uni-greifswald.de
- Admission requirement: First section medical examination
- Implementation: Online and/or in presence, compulsory attendance
- Places: 20 students, minimum number of participants: 5
- Registration: until mid-March at the latest
Contents
The course for the Community Medicine elective in the clinical track ties in thematically with the knowledge gained in the preclinical track. The elective aims to work in depth on methodological aspects of community medicine in particular, in order to be able to critically analyze different forms and concepts of care. Moreover, adjacent cross-cutting areas and disciplines will be linked in an interdisciplinary manner, highlighting the position of community medicine as a multidisciplinary discipline. Through the accompanying independent scientific work on self-selected questions, the theoretical knowledge should find practical application. This should enable students to integrate the holistic perspective of health and disease into their medical practice.
The seminar will be divided into four learning blocks:
- Theoretical and methodological foundations of community medicine
- Health care of the population
- Evaluation and quality assurance
- New media in community medicine
Lerning objectives
The learning objectives address different levels of learning. The process is divided into two levels:
- At the level of knowledge: students acquire a theoretical understanding of the relevant complex of topics from a holistic perspective.
- At the level of skill development: Students learn to critically analyze their own medical knowledge horizon in terms of knowledge stocks and gaps. The comprehensive examination of the many factors influencing health and disease lays the foundation for interdisciplinary thinking and action. In addition, at the end of the course, students are able to plan their own scientific study.
Procedure
This course is designed to provide students with selected topics in the areas of health care delivery and new approaches to medicine through projects conducted by the Institute of Community Medicine. Each topic is introduced against a theoretical background and explained and discussed in depth using a project from the corresponding department of the Institute. In addition, students work independently on scientific tasks in the seminars, dealing with scientific publications, the formulation of hypotheses or a concrete case number calculation, among other things.
The seminars are offered alternately by the departments of the institute. In addition, there is an introductory session and a final discussion, including presentation of the examination performance by the students.
The following table shows an overview of past elective topics. All departments of the institute as well as the German Center for Neurogenerative Diseases (DZNE) impart the theoretical knowledge on the basis of currently conducted research projects. The students work independently on the tasks assigned to them as part of the examination performance "Creation of an own study plan" parallel to the courses.
| Department | Project/ Topic | Methodical component | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Methoden der Community Medicine | Introductery event | Quality criteria of empirical research, ethics in research, study design | ||||
| Allgemeinmedizin |
| Literature research, problem/ background and research question | ||||
Versorgungsepidemiologie und Community Health | Child development risks and their prevention | Hypotheses | ||||
| SHIP | SHIP study | Study design and results | ||||
DZNE | Project "InDePendent" and the use of Dementia Care Management in dementia care. | Sample and case number calculation based on a practical example | ||||
| Methoden der Community Medicine | Health-related quality of life | Data collection methods | ||||
Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin
| Accelerometry as a possibility of direct recording of physical activity | Preparation of accelerometer data | ||||
| Medizininformatik | Data management, data quality and data protection | Metadata repositories | ||||
all | Final meeting | Audit performance |
Performance Review
Regular and active participation in the seminars is required. As part of the examination, students prepare a written study plan to answer a self-selected question and present it orally to their fellow students as well as to the lecturers of the elective in the final course (paper, presentation, scientific poster).
