Early Clinical Exposure for Undergraduate MBBS (Phase I) Students: Questions and Answers

Early Clinical ExposureEarly Clinical Exposure (ECE) in firstJafar year MBBSMBBS (Phase 1) aims at sensitizing students to clinicalClinical contextContexts and correlations of the basic sciencesScience with the clinical conceptsConcepts. It helps learners to understand the applicability of know and know how, show and show how of subjects taught in phase 1 (preclinical year). Learners are exposed to the underlying mechanisms of the disease process, the treatment and management aspects to certain limits. It helps them to start thinking like a medical graduate right from the first year. The role of facilitatorFacilitators is important in ECE and the success depends on multiple factors. Interdisciplinary approach, feedback and assessmentAssessment are key areas which play important role in making the ECE successful. The learners can be exposed to clinical contextContexts and correlations in class room, hospital and community settings. Variety of learning and teaching tools like paper case, investigations reports, online videos, OPDOPD and IPD, labsIPD, visit to blood banks, field visit are useful in ECE. COVID-19Covid pandemic impacted the medical education and further research is required to access the quantum of impact and learn from experiences to prepare for the future. In the present chapterChapter the basics of ECEEarly Clinical Exposure (ECE) are presented in question and answer form with the aim to make the reader develop understanding of the conceptConcepts. The chapter also aims to ignite the minds of readers to explore the answers to the questions posed and do further research and literature search.