Short Term Care II
Full course description
In this course, you will work again with every day, short-term complaints. This time, the focus will be on formulating various policies together with the patient, shared decision making, and the added value and risks of digital care (e. g. artificial intelligence (AI)). This will be done in the context of the senses, soft tissues (muscles and skin), and the stress-system and personal coping strategies (work-life balance).
You learn the foundations of quantitative research by writing the methods section of an academic article. Furthermore, we pay attention to fraud in science and your responsibility as a future doctor. You will learn about the relationship between health problems and work and how to communicate with different therapists and occupational health and safety experts. The organisation of curative care and the indication for referral to other care providers are also discussed.
Course objectives
- Understands the most common diagnoses related to the senses and overexertion of the upper extremities and the mind (stress, sleep disorders, burnout) and is able to perform a whole consultation (phase 1, 2 and 3)
- Proposes a suitable treatment plan and explains the indication for a referral to a relevant specialist/health care professional (alarm symptoms, a sense of alarm/sense of reassurance
- Relates a treatment plan to the care request of the patient, alternative treatment options, prevention and aftercare, understands the relevance of shared decision making in this context and recognizes the value of legal and scientific aspects.
- Documents, archives and organizes patient data, treatment logs and treatment effects and analyses, construes and demonstrates components within quantitative research.
- Adopts a critical attitude towards digital care (e.g. artificial intelligence (AI)), 'honest science' and security of information and reflects on this in their professional development.
- Has insight into the effectiveness and sustainability of short term care related to work (role occupational physician), expenses, efficiency, legislation and planetary health
- Considers the biopsychosocial consequences of an illness/loss of function of a patient and their environment and how these can influence the diagnosis, the treatment and the wellbeing of a patient.
- Has insight into their own functioning, development, learning process and attitude and tools to guard the work-life balance