Preceptor Newsletter January 14, 2022 "Undoubtedly the student tries to learn too much, and we teachers try to teach too much. We can only instill principles, put the student in the right path, give him methods, teach him how to study, and early to discern between essentials and non-essentials." -- Sir William Osler
Oral Case Presentations Case Presentations can be an effective way to for students to showcase their clinical and communication skills. The student provides a concise and clear narrative about a patient to other healthcare providers to create a shared understanding of the plan. It is helpful for advanced students to choose a patient that is medically complex or one that does not clearly fall within therapeutic guidelines. Student's role: Collect, organize, and prepare relevant information to verbally share in a concise and informal presentation. Preceptor's role: Identify errors in both omission (leaving out key findings or diagnoses) and commission (including irrelevant or outdated information) and evaluate oral communication skills. Prompt for more information or ask how the student arrived at the answer (what benefits and risks were considered, what