Manfred Maier

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MANFRED MAIER'S
GROUP
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Manfred Maier Colin Chivers, Kosana Stanetic,
Sneana Jankovic, Gianfranco Aretini, Andrej
Kravos, Tadeja Cerin, Tamara Fras Stefan,
Maja Milohnoja Bercic, Janko Kersnik
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PROGRAMME FOR TEACHING CO-MORBIDITY (CM)

• Why is it necessary to teach CM
• What should be tought about CM
• Who is the target audience
• At what level of knowledge
• Teaching methods
• Resources personell, time, material
• Assessment of the students
• Evaluation of the programme

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WHY SHOULD CM BE TAUGHT

• High prevalence of CM in population
• High public health importance
• High cost of CM
• High utilisation of HC resources
• Challenge to high quality primary health care

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• At the end of the course, the students/doctors
  will be able to
• Recognise a patient who exhibits multiple health
  conditions
• Communicate effectively with the patients with CM
• Focus on the significance of interactions of the
  co-morbid pathologies in their patients
• Set priorities from dr. point of view and discuss
  the priorities of the patient/ family
• Involve the patient in decision making and
  treatment process
• Develope an appropriate management plan based on
  available medical evidence
• Coordinate the health care team on the basis of
  the management plan
• Identify ethical issues involved in the
  management of comorbid patients

OBJECTIVES
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TARGET AUDIENCE

• Public population

• Professionals
• Students (S)
• Trainees (T)
• Colleagues (C)
• Co-workers/team

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LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE
HIGH MEDIUM LOW
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TEACHING METODES

• Lecture (L)
• Smale group (SG) role play, viniettes,
• Probleme oriented learning (POL)
• Teaching practice (TP)
• Quality circle (QC)
• Self-learning (SL)

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METHODES
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RESOURCES

• Rooms/location
• Equipment
• Personell ( lecturer, tutors,
  GP-teachers)
• Finances
• Time
• Programme director

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ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS,

• Checklist (CL)
• Logbook (LB) formative assessment
• Short anserwed questions - modified essay
  questions (MEQ)
• Simulated (standardised) patient (SP)
• Supervision with checklist (S)
• OSCE
• MCQ

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ASSESSMENT
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CHECKLIST
AN ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR GP TEACHER
0 1 2

• Recognise a patient who presents with multiple
  health conditions
• Communicate effectively with the patients with
• Focus on the significance of the interactions of
  the comorbid pathologies in the patient with
• Set priorities from his point of view and discuss
  the priorities of the patient/ family
• Involve patients in decision making and treatment
  process
• Develop an appropriate plan for appropriate
  diagnostic procedures
• Develop an appropriate treatment plan
  incorporating outcome measures
• Develop a plan for coping skills for the
  patient/family
• Coordinate the health care team on the basis of
  the management plan
• Identify ethical issues involved in the
  management of comorbid patients

0 no 1 incomplete 2 yes
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EVALUATION OF THE TEACHERS PROGRAMME

• Organisation
• Speakers
• Presentation
• Focus
• Motivational skills
• Content

• Teaching materials
• Teaching methods
• Relevance of presentation
• Suggestions for improvement

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Wishing you a very flowery day!