My first lecture for medical students - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #09

2017-10-12 · Vlog or day in the life · Ali, Jake · recording, 2:44 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Medicine and his doctor years · mode: Demonstration and walkthrough

On a Friday half day of his 2017 final year, Ali leaves placement for a clinical communication skills session in Cambridge, gives his first teaching session, on systematic history taking in obstetrics and gynaecology, to the year below, and plays squash with Jake.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Friday half day: back to Cambridge for a CCS session and a 5pm talk on O&G history taking

• ★ On a Friday half day Ali heads home early from placement to Cambridge for a clinical communication skills session, in which the students interview an actor pretending to be a patient. — 00:00:00 · Cambridge, Clinical communication skills
• ★★ At 5pm Ali gives a talk on systematic history taking in obstetrics and gynaecology to students in the year below. — 00:00:00 · History taking, Obstetrics and gynaecology
• ★★ Ali calls his talk the presentation he wishes someone had given him a year earlier: a very prescriptive approach to systematically taking an obstetrics and gynaecology history. — 00:00:45 · History taking, Obstetrics and gynaecology

00:01:09 — The role-play in the talk, and how the talk went

• ★★★ Ali says his first medical teaching session went quite well: it was really scary to give, but people seemed to enjoy it and rated it excellent throughout on the feedback form. — 00:01:09 · History taking
• ★★ Ali thinks it would be nice to start making medical education videos for YouTube, for example by recording a talk like the one he has just given. — 00:01:09

00:01:55 — Squash with Jake at David Lloyd, the gym, takeaway and sign-off

• ★ Ali plays squash with Jake at the local David Lloyd; Jake wins the match 3-2. — 00:01:55 · Jake, David Lloyd

Threads in this video

• milestone · Ali's final year at Cambridge medical school (2017) — Ali says his first medical teaching session went quite well: it was really scary to give, but people seemed to enjoy it and rated it excellent throughout on the feedback form. (00:01:09)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Ali's final year at Cambridge medical school (2017) — completed; last: milestone, 2018-06-12

Mentioned

Central: History taking · Obstetrics and gynaecology

Also: Cambridge · Clinical communication skills · David Lloyd · Jake

Only in the description or credits: University of Cambridge

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