Interactive map «Patient Enquiry» as a teaching method for medical students

Abstract

The need for a serious theoretical understanding of dynamically developing types of visual media content, which include interactive infographics has determined the relevance of the research. Medical students must structure, present and remember the algorithm for questioning the patient. The creation of such texts provides favorable conditions for the implementation of the principles of visibility and communication. One of the practical methods of such a multimedia text can be an educational and methodological cluster on the topic «Angina pectoris», designed to train foreign students of medical universities, which helps to form and develop the necessary skills and competencies of future medical students. The problem of the research is to substantiate the interactive map “Patient Enquiry” as a method of teaching medical students.The purpose of the research is to create interactive infographics aimed at systematizing and consolidating the knowledge of medical students in the «Patient Enquiry» section.The research methods. The article describes practical experience of creating interactive infographics of the «Patient Enquiry» section (on the example of Angina pectoris) for 2d and 3d year medical students.The research results. The first information block is a list of information requested by a doctor from a patient. Block II is a cluster of lexical and grammatical information materials. Block III includes interrogative constructions for each thematic block and options for the patient’s answers.Key findings. The dominance of visual information has a meaningful and structural impact on both the educational sphere and psychology of a student. A doctor with communication technologies is able to create an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect that is comfortable for a patient, to solve his professional task - to effectively diagnose the disease. The result of teaching the language of the specialty should be stable knowledge, skills and communication skills in the educational, scientific and professional fields with further access to a doctor’s professional speech.

Keywords

• medical record
• patient enquiry
• role-playing
• infographics
• communication
• training reception
• methodology
• specialty language