Open AccessEye with Ears – A Symbol-Based Aid in Medical Teaching
Author(s) -
Alexander Salava
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of medical and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2593-8339
DOI - 10.24018/ejmed.2021.3.5.977
Subject(s) - symbol (formal) , context (archaeology) , medical history , contrast (vision) , medical education , psychology , medical information , quality (philosophy) , medicine , computer science , artificial intelligence , family medicine , radiology , epistemology , history , philosophy , archaeology , programming language
Visual clinical examination forms the diagnostic basis in skin-related conditions and is an essential element in medical teaching. The author describes a symbol-based aid to explain the dichotomy of factual observed findings with the information based on medical history: The Eye with Ears. It represents the two most relevant aspects in clinical examination of skin-related conditions and helps to clarify the contrast between the actual observation with information based on the context or past medical history. With the described aid, the author believes to have improved the quality of the teaching in clinical examination and that it has functioned as a practical help for medical students’ and residents’ professional development.