About Course
Study program: Integrated academic studies Medicine
Course title: Basics of clinical practice 2
Course directors: Мatić Slađana; Matejić Bojana
Course status: mandatory
Number of ECTS: 3
Condition: passed all exams of the first year
Course objectives
- BASICS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the principles of operation of surgical departments and skills that are performed daily when working with patients (principles of asepsis
and antisepsis, working with surgical instruments and methods of placing surgical sutures and
surgical knots, working with patients in intensive care units, preoperative preparation and
postoperative patient care).
- PHYSICIAN IN THE COMMUNITY
The оbjectivе of the course is for students to master the skills of communication with patients, the skills of perceiving structural and cultural factors that affect the health of individuals in the
community, to see a wide range of activities that, within the community and at the individual level, work to improve health, as well as the various experiences that people have in their daily
lives, which can affect their health. In addition, the goal is to accept a social perspective alongside the classical clinical perspective of the physician and develop the ability for targeted intervention in the community related to the relevant issue of health promotion.
Course outcomes
- BASICS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
The knowledge acquired during the practical classes of OKP 2 enables the Doctor of Medicine to:
a) knows how to apply and control the principles of asepsis and antisepsis
b) knows how to bandage a wound, as well as recognize complications in wound healing.
c) knows how to work with patients in surgical departments and in intensive care
- PHYSICIAN IN THE COMMUNITY
Through contact with a real patient, attitudes, knowledge and skills are acquired that enable the
physician to:
-have experience in the “doctor-patient” relationship, not only from the doctor’s point of view, but also from the patient’s point of view;
-have knowledge about the importance of health care and an appropriate lifestyle, as well as the
ability to apply the knowledge;
-accept the importance of structural factors and their effects on health;
-place health care in the context of the local and global community by comparing the domestic
reality and global standards expressed in the documents of international organizations;
-participate in interdisciplinary practice in order to protect the patient’s health.
Course content
Theoretical teaching is not provided, only practical.
- BASICS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
Students perform practical teaching in different surgical departments.
- PHYSICIAN IN THE COMMUNITY
Each student collaborates with a selected patient during class. Through meetings and
conversations with “his patient”, the student gets to know, observe, and perceive the elements of
their family, work, and wider environment, according to the topics discussed in the course.
Literature
1. Matić S, Grujičić D. Basic of clinical practice II. Textbook with practicum for second-year
students of the Faculty of Medicine. Belgrade: CIBID;2021.
2. Physician in the community. Textbook with practicum for second-year students of the Faculty
of Medicine. Belgrade: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, CIBID, 2024.