A Multimodal Strategy for Teaching the Pulmonary Bedside Exam to Third-Year Medicine Students

Abstract

Abstract Introduction This resource is a teaching module on the pulmonary exam. Exam skills highlighted in this curriculum include pulmonary assessments in disease states such as asthma, pneumonia/lobar consolidation, pleural effusion, interstitial fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Methods This resource incorporates a case-based lecture, a bedside teaching experience, and a student assessment tool. The intended audience is third-year medical students. Results On lecture feedback evaluations, a majority of students strongly agreed that content and format were relevant to learning needs and that instructors' facilitation enhanced learning needs. Discussion Data thus far suggest that our curriculum has led to improvement in student knowledge of and confidence in performing the bedside pulmonary exam. Further research may include testing the durability of these changes and assessing the clinical impact of the intervention, including how it helps improve the actual student performance of the pulmonary exam and patient assessment at the bedside.

Keywords

• Physical Examination
• Pulmonary Exam
• Bedside Teaching
• Medicine Clerkship