献给医学生们 | 助你在查房中幸存下来的五个小窍门

小白老师说：Every medical student will attend hundreds of ward rounds during their time at university. These are often seen as mandatory a requirement, endured only to receive a signature of attendance. But they can be excellent opportunities for bedside teaching and examination practice, so here are some basic tips for how to make them worthwhile.

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How to survive ward rounds - top five tips

1. Arrive early

Don’t just arrive as the ward round is starting, you need time to prepare yourself.

Ensure you know exactly where on the ward the team will meet, who is running the ward round and what patients will be seen.

If it’s a surgical ward, watch the theatre cases the day before if you can or at the very least know about the procedures that were performed.

Arriving early gives you a chance to meet patients beforehand and take a quick history, which you can then present on the ward round.

2. Introduce yourself

Often students will just loiter around the nurses’ station and wait until somebody talks to them -be confident!

Tell the team your name and level of study when you get the chance, but don’t interrupt anyone to do so.

If they know your name, most doctors and surgeons are more likely to actively involve you in the ward round.

3. Be prepared

You need to carry the essentials – pen, paper and stethoscope are crucial.

The Oxford Handook of Clinical Medicine is a student favourite and is useful to have on hand if you need to find information quickly.

Ward rounds can last an age, so a small bottle of water and some sweets to boost your energy are useful things to carry.

Jot down cases you see and research them later as you will remember medical conditions a lot better if you can apply them to a patient you have seen.

4. Write in the notes

Writing in the patients’ notes can make an otherwise dull ward round more interesting.

You’ll be more involved, have the ability to ask more questions and you’ll be helping out a probably exhausted junior doctor.

5. Post ward round

If you have been diligent throughout then you should have got to know members of the team.

Ask the junior doctor what jobs need doing and if you can help in anyway.

You will likely be placed on the same ward for a series of weeks, therefore the more you get involved, the more likely teaching and learning opportunities will arise, which is after all why you are studying medicine. Whilst following a ward round like a lost puppy in my third year, I had the idea for a sketch (found below) reflecting the blunders that I have made as a medical student.