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We often talk about the initiatives of our students at the beginning of their studies, but those of our interns are just as exciting! This is the case with the projects recently carried out by our general medicine interns. As part of their thesis work, six interns have developed original websites dedicated to their peers and practicing healthcare professionals. To learn more about this work, we spoke with Dr. Marie-Catherine Reboul, associate professor in the University Department of General Medicine (DUMG) and thesis advisor to these interns.
Projects born out of thesis work in general medicine
After six years of study, our medical students become interns. They are then required to choose a specialty based on their exam results and personal interests. In Montpellier, general medicine is very popular, with nearly 150 new interns each year joining our University Department of General Medicine.
To receive their medical degree, interns must, among other things, submit a thesis at the end of nearly nine years of study. It was as part of this thesis that Dr. Marie-Catherine Reboul initiated this original project a few years ago with the interns she supervises, creating a collection of websites for healthcare professionals.
Websites created based on the scientific method
"This is a project that I wanted to anchor in a scientific approach," she says. "Interns volunteering for these projects must therefore carry out extensive bibliographic research prior to creating the website." The data is then collected, sorted, classified, and finally referenced before being processed in the form of a research question validated by the thesis supervisor.
The research question sets the tone for the site: it defines its overall theme and thus its main objective. "This can cover various areas such as diagnostic/screening assistance, sharing best practices, sharing treatment advice, sharing practical information sheets, and prescription assistance," explains Dr. Reboul.
This means that six websites have been launched since 2020!
Dermatokid.com, created by Estelle Renart: a website providing assistance in diagnosing skin conditions in children aged 0 to 6 years.
Children who regularly suffer from skin rashes can be difficult for general practitioners to diagnose. The Dermatokid website provides a diagnostic approach based on numerous illustrations of skin symptoms observed in children.
- URL: https://dermatokid.com/
- Target audience: interns, general practitioners
- Objective: Diagnostic assistance
- Pros: numerous illustrations, concise practical information sheets, and an emergency section
- Quality guarantee: Website created in accordance with Hodge Sandvik criteria, listed on the KitMédical website, which lists high-quality websites. Regular updates are planned.
- Poster: download
Depistoeil.com, created by Tibère de Villiers: a website providing assistance with screening in ophthalmology and primary care
General practitioners rarely have to screen for eye diseases. A lack of equipment or training can make this difficult for them. By offering a questioning protocol and practical screening tools for common diseases based on the patient's age, the website provides valuable support to practitioners.
- URL: https://www.depistoeil.com/
- Target: General Practitioners
- Objective: Screening assistance
- Advantages: screening assistance based on the patient's age or condition; tools available for use in the office
- Quality assurance: The site has been tested by 27 general practitioners and 2 ophthalmologists. It has been developed based on the quality criteria of Netscoring and Hodge Sandvik.
- Poster: download
Kineclic.fr, created by Thomas Bonnin: a tool to aid understanding and prescription of physical therapy treatments
General practitioners communicate little with physical therapists. They have little training in physical therapy practices. The Kineclic website allows them to improve their understanding of physical therapy care and thus improve their practices in prescribing such care.
- URL: https://www.kineclic.fr/
- Target audience: General practitioners and all healthcare professionals who prescribe physical therapy treatments.
- Objective: Assistance with understanding and prescribing
- Pros: review of the basics of physical therapy, review of clinical examinations (videos)
- Quality assurance: The site has been tested by general practitioners and validated by experienced physical therapists. Regular updates are planned.
- Poster: download
Gestrapratique.fr, created by Manon Hériat: a website to help address frequently asked questions from pregnant women in general medicine.
Pregnant women may be required to have part of their prenatal care carried out by their general practitioner. The Gestapratique website helps doctors answer their questions.
- URL: https://gestapratique.fr/
- Target audience: Interns, General Practitioners, Midwives
- Objective: To answer frequently asked questions about the daily life of pregnant patients
- Pros: advice on everyday life, practical information sheets for patients to download
- Quality assurance: The site has been tested by 30 general practitioners. 83% of them find the site useful. Regular updates are planned.
- Poster: download
Declic-ecrans.com, created by Gauthier Duret: a database of information sheets on preventing screen misuse among young children.
A real social issue, screen exposure for young children raises questions among young parents. This website brings together all the best practices on the subject in the form of summary sheets, easily accessible to doctors and patients.
- URL: https://www.declic-ecrans.com/
- Target audience: Interns, General Practitioners, Midwives, Parents
- Objective: Answer frequently asked questions from new parents
- Pros: Printable worksheets
- Quality assurance: fact sheets based on two literature reviews, 650 parent testers, and 450 healthcare professional testers. The site is referenced by KitMédical, a website that lists high-quality websites. Regular updates are planned.
- Poster: download
Kidprotect.fr, created by Maud Bettenfeld: a website providing assistance in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and child endangerment.
The website helps improve the knowledge of doctors and other professionals working with young children about risk factors, signs and symptoms, and the management of child abuse. With better information, professionals are better equipped to detect and prevent abuse.
- URL: https://kidprotect.fr/
- Target audience: General practitioners, Early childhood professionals
- Objective: Sharing best practices on how to act during consultations in cases of suspected abuse, practical guide on how to initiate proceedings (reporting concerns, making a report)
- Pros: Advice on how to behave during consultations, easy navigation by question, resources classified by region
- Quality guarantee: The site is listed by KitMédical, a directory of high-quality websites.
- Poster: will be published in 2023, as part of a scientific conference.
An initiative spotted by Le Quotidien du Médecin!
While these sites have been hugely successful since their creation (some sites receive more than 60,000 visits per year at the time of writing), the scientific rigor with which they were designed has attracted media attention. For example, the magazine Le Quotidien du Médecin has highlighted the Dermatokid and Declics-Ecrans sites!
New projects currently being designed
Following the success of these first six projects, Dr. Marie-Catherine Reboul would like to repeat the experience with new interns, focusing on new topics: "I'm thinking about depression/mental health and sleep disorders." So, if you are a current or future general medicine intern, don't hesitate to contact Dr. Reboul if you are interested in these projects!
The SPES (Primary Care, Environment, and Health) program is a training course offered by the University Department of General Medicine at the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine. A one-day training session for general medicine interns and a conference open to the general public will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2022, on the ADV campus.
SPES, a training project awarded in 2021 by the 3rd PRSE, renewed by the ARS
SPES is aenvironmental health training projectfor for general medicine interns. It is part of the call for projects launched by the Occitanie Regional Health Agency (ARS) as part of the 3rd Regional Health and Environment Plan, of which it is one of the winners. Following its success, the ARS proposed a multi-year with objectives and resources for a period of three years.
SPES is therefore always organized in three stages:
Program for the 2022 edition
The SPES (Primary Care, Environment, and Health) program is a training project run by the University Department of General Medicine at the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine and the Avicenne University Multidisciplinary Health Center in Cabestany. A training day for interns in general medicine and a conference open to the general public will take place on September 9, 2021.
Project background
It is part of the call for projects launched by the Occitanie Regional Health Agency (ARS) as part of the 3rd Regional Health and Environment Plan, of which it is one of the winners. In particular, it aims to strengthen the ownership of environmental health among citizens and health professionals.
Project organization
To this end, it is organized in three stages:
Find out more about the SPES training program
Meeting with the head of teaching
Dr. François Carbonnel, lecturer in general medicine at the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine and general practitioner at the MSPU Avicenne, has been selected as the winner of the call for projects launched by the Occitanie Regional Health Agency (ARS).
Why did you want to set up this Primary Care, Environment, and Health training program?
The environment can pose risks to our societies and our health. This training course raises awareness among our colleagues about what environmental health is. We want to educate them about this still relatively unknown field.
What is the purpose of this new training program?
Thanks to this training, future general practitioners will initially be able to identify the risks that the environment poses to health so that they can treat them. Subsequently, they will be able to predict and avoid them.
Who is this training for?
This training is primarily intended for interns and teachers in general medicine. The aim of this training is to make it sustainable and useful so that we can offer it on a larger scale and ensure that environmental health issues are addressed across all regions.
September 9
This day will be divided into two parts: the first part will be dedicated to training interns and teachers in general medicine. The second part will be open to the general public and will include a conference.
Here is the program for these two parts:
Schedule for the day for interns
Conference program for the general public
Please note that this program is subject to change depending on the health situation.
Every year, the Faculty organizes Printemps de la Médecine, an event for general practitioners. Due to the current health situation, this fifth edition will be held online. Find all the information in this article!
An event aimed at general practitioners
These days are an opportunity to discuss all the major medical news of the year in the morning and to address best practices in common medical practice topics in the afternoon in the form of workshops. Like previous events, this day will be posted on the ANDPC website for certification, and the Faculty will handle registrations for doctors wishing to participate. In the meantime, save the date in your calendar!
For further information regarding the program and registration procedures, please contact the office in charge of CPD management at the Faculty at the following address: med-fmc-dpc@umontpellier.fr.
The program for this 5th edition
The entire event will take place on ZOOM. To connect to the conferences, you must register in advance. Please contact the office in charge of CPD management at the Faculty at the following address: med-fmc-dpc@umontpellier.fr!
To register, click on the link below! The Continuing Medical Education and CPD office looks forward to seeing you there!
"COVID-19: From the City to the Hospital" is the name of the upcoming webinar organized by the faculty teams in emergency medicine, general medicine, and infectious diseases, in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The event will take place on December 10. Find all the information you need in this article!
COVID-19: from the city to the hospital; a webinar organized by the Faculty for interns and doctors
On December 10, 2020, at 7:00 p.m., a webinar will be held for physicians and interns. TheThe main theme of the webinar will be the health crisis and COVID-19: from the city to the hospital.
Providing genuine university-level teaching, it will give participants access to the latest data on the epidemic, enabling them to understand how to manage COVID-19 in their daily practice. The webinar is presented and designed by the Faculty's emergency medicine, infectious disease, and general medicine lecturers.
Webinar program
Professor Michel Amouyal (University Department of General Medicine) will give the floor to Professors Le Moing and Sebbane, as well as Doctors Loubet and Makinson.
Each presentation will last 20 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of discussion on the topic addressed.
Replay
This webinar is intended for practicing general practitioners and emergency physicians, as well as residents in these same specialties.
You can find the replay of this webinar below. Here is the secret code: *CtH?6kc
As part of the crisis management response to the coronavirus epidemic, the Continuing Medical Education (CME) division is once again offering a themed evening videoconference for general practitioners and coordinating physicians in nursing homes. This time, Professor Hubert Blain and Dr. Emilie Million will be speaking during the evening. More information can be found in this article.
A remote conference
The conference will take place via video conference on Thursday, April 16, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A second edition of this same event will be held on April 21, 2020, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. It is open to all practicing general practitioners, as well as coordinating physicians in nursing homes in the Occitanie region. The theme of the evening will be: "COVID-19 prevention in nursing homes: how best to apply the ARS Occitanie recommendations of April 6, 2020 in practice." As the number of participants is limited in order to encourage interaction between the audience and the speakers, registration is free but mandatory.
Registration closed
On the program for the evening
The online event will be hosted by Professor Blain (Gerontology Unit at Montpellier University Hospital) and Dr. Emilie Million (Faculty's Department of General Medicine).
The evening will focus on the ARS Occitanie recommendations aimed at preventing COVID-19 cases in nursing homes in the region.
Detailed program to follow.
A conference that can be viewed afterwards on video.umontpellier.fr
Can't make it to either of the events? Don't worry, you can watch the replay below!
Evening of April 16
Evening of April 21
