Abstract:
Medical semiology uses the patient history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and imaging techniques to detect the functional and structural composition of the normal human body and ist disease states, establishing links between normal as compared to pathological anatomy. Thus, to assess clinical diagnosis and the value of supplementary testing and imaging, researchers have studied clinical evolution and pathology results using the autopsy as the basis for comparison and confirmation. For years our clinical practice has included post-mortem examination, and this methods has also been incorporated into the training of medical students. The research Group on Clinical-Pathological Correlation (Gecac), established 13 years ago, consist of 04 faculty members and some 15 tutors (4 th, 5th,and 6th year medical students and residents in Clinical Medicine) By means of post-mortem examination, the group produces scientific and teaching material used in curricular and extra-curricular activities during the 2 nd, 3rd, 4th years of medical school. The use of this comparative method during these specific years of medical school has greatly expanded students’ familiarity with Clinical Medicine and Pathology and specifically with the correlation between the two fields, demonstrating how important and interdependent they are. Properly qualified professional faculty are necessary for medical schools to incorporate this methods, as well as to maintain postmortem examination as a practice, since it serves as a voluble adjunct to clinical medicine.
Descriptors:
Education, medical - methods; Education, medical - history; Anatomy - education; Anatomy - history