PedScripts vs TRC

Compared to expert clinicians, students are at a disadvantage because they don’t have a mental model for common conditions and how they present in the real world. As a result, they may ask the wrong questions, perform the wrong exam, or omit key elements in data gathering. PedScripts will help students become familiar with illness scripts for real-world presentations so that they can gather the right data. Before students see a patient in a clinical setting, they should review the appropriate algorithm and/or illness scripts for the presenting complaint (if available). If the complaint includes a large number of illness scripts, students can narrow down to a few illness scripts by using the algorithm. If the complaint includes a small number of illness scripts, students can simply review all of the available illness scripts. While reviewing the illness scripts, students should take note of important components of the history and physical exam that separate one script from another. These are the key components of a focused history and physical exam for the patient. Students can then begin the patient encounter with a better sense of how to approach differential diagnosis. Disclaimer: This WebApp is not intended for public use. It is for educational purposes only. For individual health concerns please see your health care provider.

The Teaching Resource Centre (TRC) Pharmacology is meant for medical or biopharmaceutical students, but also very useful for any health care professional. The TRC and TRCapp provides basic pharmacological knowledge: pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and drug mechanisms in context of (patho)physiology. Each topic includes graphic(s) in the TRC icon language, explanatory texts and questions with feedback. The TRC covers most relevant drugs prescribed in Europe. Each drug topic has references to the Dutch national formulary (Farmacotherapeutisch Kompas) or the British National Formulary (choose preference in the settings menu). The TRC can be used as a reference or as self-study tool during courses throughout the medical curriculum. The TRC helps students to obtain pharmacological knowledge providing a consistent, user friendly, recognizable, and structured presentation in order to optimize learning efficiency. Students may choose to browse through the extensive library, or use the search option in the main menu. We strive to make this application the best resource for mechanisms of drug action in the context of physiology and pathophysiology by creating each topic in cooperation with an expert from the field. Graphics, texts, questions, and other reference data are provided to enhance the understanding of the user. The App is kept up to date with the newest drugs and thus updated regularly, but please notify us using the feedback button in the settings menu.