FAQs
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For whom is Med Docket Medical Education system a useful e-learning tool?
Med Docket Medical Education system is a comprehensive e-Learning tool for history
taking, physical examination and understanding clinical signs. It is a useful tool
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Undergraduate medical students from all branches – MBBS, BHMS, BAMS etc
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Nursing students
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There are other e-Learning resources available in the medical college. What is the
need of one more e-Learning tool?
It’s true that there is a plethora of e-Learning resources available today but Med
Docket is unique as it teaches medical students something that is vital for their
career – Mastering the art of Clinical History Taking.
Few books do provide this information but it’s very scattered. On the other hand,
Med Docket medical team has spent lot of time and resources to collate information
from a variety of textbooks and standard reference books to form questionnaires
for history taking. Our team comprises of eminent doctors who not only have inclination
towards teaching but also have decades of clinical experience.
Some of the advantages of Med Docket medical education include:
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Standardized format and questions for history taking – this standardizes the quality
of education
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Physical examination section gives in detail the various aspects to be examined
for each system and the possible answers
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Format and language for writing correct history in a standard, globally-accepted
form is taught only by Med Docket
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No limit on data size allows unlimited attempts for each student to practice history
taking.
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Why is it important to learn about ‘history taking’ and ‘history writing’ using
Med Docket?
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Firstly, history taking is the most important preliminary step in order to arrive
at the correct diagnosis and treat patients effectively thereafter
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Secondly, there’s a vast difference in the caliber of students in every batch –
ability, language, enthusiasm, etc – it becomes difficult for teachers to standardize
history taking skill in each student
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Writing history in correct format and language ensures that even if the patient
goes to some other centre later on, the doctors there understand previous history,
diagnosis and treatment plan easily.
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Med Docket is an ideal tool in such a scenario because it ensures standardization
of history taking and history writing amongst all students and inculcates this best
practice early on in their profession.
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If students use Med Docket to learn clinical skills, will it negatively impact the
student-teacher interaction?
No, it will not do so; no e-learning tool can ever be a substitute for teachers.
In fact, Med Docket only supports and strengthens the efforts put in by teachers.
It frees the teachers from focusing on the ‘what’ and allows them to focus on the
‘why’ part of each symptom and disease.
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Our Hospital already has HMIS (Hospital Management Information System) software.
What is the need of another software to enter patients’ records?
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To start with, Med Docket is not an HMIS. It’s a ‘learning tool’ for undergraduate
medical students to learn the art of history taking, history writing, physical examination
and understanding clinical signs
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It purpose is completely different from HMIS which is an ‘administrative tool’ for
tracking patient visits to the hospital
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However, after using Med Docket as a teaching tool, if required, it can be integrated
with the existing HMIS to allow doctors to record history of patients.
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