Do patients’ comfort levels and attitudes regarding medical student involvement vary across specialties?

Passaperuma, Kavitha; Higgins, Jennifer; Power, Stephanie; Taylor, Tamsen E.

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“…It has been noticed in many hospitals worldwide that a minority of patients refuse, or feel negative about the involvement of medical students in their care (Simons et al 1995 Passaperuma et al 2008,). However, the comfort levels of patients regarding medical students found to be different between patients of different specialties.…”

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“…However, the comfort levels of patients regarding medical students found to be different between patients of different specialties. For example, Urology patients reported higher comfort levels with male students, while Obstetrics/Gynecology patients showed higher comfort levels with female students (Fortier et al 2006, Passaperuma et al 2008. At the UMST, medical students enter the undergraduate medical programme to read for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree over a period of five years.…”

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Patients' attitude towards undergraduate medical students at university charity teaching hospital in Sudan

Alawad

Younis²

2014

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Background: The cooperation of patients and their acceptance to involve medical students in their care is vital to clinical education. Objective: To explore the attitudes of patients towards medical students at University charity teaching hospital, and to explore the determinants of those attitudes. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at University charity teaching hospital affiliated to University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST). Four hundred and thirty-two patients were interviewed between January and December 2013 using a structured questionnaire. Results: Four hundred and thirty-two patients had responded to all questions they were asked. Of the patients interviewed, 95.2% approved the presence of medical students during the medical consultation. 79.8% of the patients agreed to be examined by students in the presence of a doctor, while 33.5% gave agreement even in the absence of a doctor. More than half of the patients think that it is important that students examine patients as part of their training and 18 % of them were not sure about the importance of clinical examination. Conclusion: The study concluded overall positive attitudes to the medical students involvement by patients. Patients preferred lower number of students to be involved; however, few were aware of their rights. Keywords: Bedside Teaching, Clinical Education, Patients Acceptability.

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Patients' attitude towards undergraduate medical students at university charity teaching hospital in Sudan

Alawad

Younis²

2014

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Patients' view on medical students in dermatology practice

Kaçar¹,

Uçmak²,

Özuğuz³

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Background and Design: Practical training of medical students, especially in specialties such as dermatology, is performed in outpatient clinics where mostly outpatients are encountered. The aim of this study was to compare patients' perspectives on medical students in two university hospitals (X-Y) situated in different regions of Turkey. Materials and Methods: A total of 250 patients, who visited outpatient clinics of X (group 1) and Y (group 2) university hospitals during practical training for fifth year medical students, were included in this study. A questionnaire composed of 16 items was filled by all patients. The first eight questions were about patients' consent and preferences on the presence of medical students during their interview and the remaining eight questions inquired patients' overall thoughts on medical students. Results: The patients in both groups were willing to be a part of the educational programme of medical students (39.8%, 53.5%, respectively). The patients were aware that they had the right to refuse the presence of medical students (61.0%, 62.3%) and majority wanted to be informed on the presence of medical students during the interview (72.4%, 80.7%). While patients in group 1 evaluated being with medical students as pleasurable (43.1%), patients in group 2 did not agree (44.7%). In addition, both groups were not bothered to share personal information with medical students (50.4%, 44.7%) and stated that they would recommend their friends and relatives to have a physical examination done by medical students (51.2%, 41.2%).

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“…Looking at comparisons among different types of medical encounters, patients reported the lowest level of comfort with medical student involvement in sensitive exams. Of note, OB-GYN patients were the least likely to report being comfortable with students performing an invasive exam (when compared with family medicine, pediatrics, general surgery and urology patients; Passaperuma, Higgins, Power, & Taylor, 2008).…”

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Impact of educational messages on patient acceptance of male medical students in OB–GYN encounters

Buck

Littleton

2016

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Do patients’ comfort levels and attitudes regarding medical student involvement vary across specialties?

Cited by 53 publications

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Patients' attitude towards undergraduate medical students at university charity teaching hospital in Sudan

Patients' attitude towards undergraduate medical students at university charity teaching hospital in Sudan

Patients' view on medical students in dermatology practice

Impact of educational messages on patient acceptance of male medical students in OB–GYN encounters

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