P16. Introducing Peer Physical Examination

Hammond, Anna; Henderson, Janine; Asghar, Aziz; Collins, S.

Abstract

We are a new medical school (now into our eighth year) and until the 2008/09 academic year our Year One and Two students acquired
physical examination skills by examining healthy volunteers. The Year One cohort in 2008/09 were the first to acquire these skills using Peer Physical Examination (PPE), performing the examinations on each other, and this was rolled out to involve all Year One and Two
students this academic year.
Introducing PPE involved a culture shift within the medical school, training of existing and new tutors and revisions to our written study
guide material.
Over the past eighteen months we have overcome several practical and ideological challenges during the introduction of PPE as a teaching method.
Our poster explains our teaching methods, the challenges encountered and the pragmatic ways in which we have navigated a course through these challenges at both an individual and organisational level. We are now able to give much clearer guidance to students and tutors with the benefit of what we have learnt
over the past 18 months.

Citation

Hammond, A., Henderson, J., Asghar, A., & Collins, S. (2011, May). P16. Introducing Peer Physical Examination. Poster presented at 4th International Clinical Skills Conference: Showcasing Innovation and Evidenced Based Clinical Skills Education and Practice, Prato, Italy

• Presentation Conference Type: Poster
• Conference Name: 4th International Clinical Skills Conference: Showcasing Innovation and Evidenced Based Clinical Skills Education and Practice
• Conference Location: Prato, Italy
• Start Date: May 22, 2011
• End Date: May 25, 2011
• Deposit Date: Dec 18, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 31, 2024
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4491595
• Publisher URL: https://internationalclinicalskillsconference.com/past-conferences