Family medicine course at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb

• final year of 6-year undergraduate medical curriculum

• Family medicine course - 140 hours (6 weeks) 

            theoretical education - 60 hours 

            practical work in family medicine practices - 80 hours

E-portfolios help students reflect on their actions and stimulate students to assess and analyse their

actions systematically and critically!

E-portfolios help students to be self-critical doctors!

• defining of the learning outcomes, programme duration and plan for the Family medicine course

• defining of the structure of e-portfolio

E-portfolio contains

• practice characteristics
• administrative and legislative obligations of family physicians
• characteristics of consultation in the family medicine
• characteristics of patient-physician relationship in the family medicine
• reflection on selected clinical cases seen in practice and actions done independently or with supervision by menthors

E-portfolio is incorporated in the assessment procedure

We thank the teachers, academic staff, mentors and students who participated in the preparing e-portfolio for the Family medicine course at School of Medicine, University of Zagreb.

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