2: Helping Medical Students Develop their Information Management Skills- within the Consultation
 
 
Facilitators
Simon Gay, Maggie Bartlett & Robert McKinley - Keele University School of Medicine 
 
 
Workshop Description
 This workshop will focus on the information management challenges presented by today’s medical consultations and how to help medical students to address them. Participants will be encouraged to explore, analyse and practise some of the skills teachers need to facilitate the development of students’ skills in the management of information within the consultation.

 

 
 
Workshop Objectives

Following the workshop participants will be able to:

 

  • Identify opportunities to enhance the teaching of ‘in consultation’ information management within their curriculum.
  • Discuss current opinion regarding the skill set required to manage information within the consultation and its application to undergraduate medical education.
  • Evaluate medical students’ learning needs regarding the development of these skills. 
  • Choose appropriate tools to address a variety of these learning needs.