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My third year 2005/06 - Pathophysiology

My practice teacher was Dr Mozes Miklos.
He was very friendly and focused on the most important stuff. He explained things in a good way and never got lost in details.

There are four parts to this subject

  • Electrocardiogram - This is a crucial tool and in order to be a good general practicioner one MUST master the skills of reading an ECG!
    Anyone going into cardiology, intensive therapy, surgery or other emergency specialities should pay extra attention!
  • Hematology - Introduced in the second semester. Hematology is part of the internal medicine curriculum in the fourth year, so it is good to learn the basics very thorough.
  • Theoretical part - The theoretical part of pathophysiology has a large overlap with Pathology.
  • Cases - There are several lab questions (cases) each semester and these will be a part of the exams.

Pathophysiology gave me two very, very important skills:

  1. Reading and understanding normal and pathological electrocardiograms.
  2. Understanding lab values. As a clinician, you will be given blood values, pulmonary values and other important indicators of your patients condition. It is important to understand what the values mean and how you can correct them to help your patient get well.

I worked thoroughly with notes for Pathology, which pretty much covered everything I needed in the theoretical part of Pathophysiology. Therefore, I spent most of the time studying for Pathophysiology on the ECG, hematology and cases.

I didn't have a favorite subject in the third year, because they are all interesting and very, very useful, but Pathophysiology was really great!