Medical students’ opinions on professional behaviours: The Professionalism of Medical Students’ (PoMS) study

McGurgan, Paul; Calvert, Katrina; Narula, Kiran; Celenza, Antonio; Nathan, Elizabeth; Jorm, Christine

doi:10.1080/0142159x.2019.1687862

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“…Recently some de ciencies have been described related to the knowledge of the obligation of con dentiality [5,15,16]. Other authors mention nal-year students who show little respect for the patients' con dentiality compared to other obligations, this being more marked in male students [17]. In this work the women also responded more correctly to the concept of con dentiality although with no statistical signi cance.…”

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The Role of Undegraduate Medical Students Training in Respect for Patient Confidentiality

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Background: Encouraging professional integrity is vital in providing a standard of excellence in the quality of medical care and education, promoting a culture of respect and responsibility. The main objective of this work consisted of studying the relationship of medical students with the right to intimacy of patients in Spain, specifically analysing the conditions of accessing patients’ Clinical History (CH).Methods: A questionnaire was sent by e-mail to final-year students at 41 Spanish universities. It had 14 multiple choice and closed questions framed in 3 large blocks. The first one addressed basic general knowledge issues on the right to intimacy and the obligation of confidentiality. The two remaining blocks were made up of questions directed towards evaluating the frequency with which certain requirements and steps of action related to the students in attending the patient were performed, and regarding the guarantees in accessing and handling their CH both on paper and in the Electronic Medical Record.Results: A total of 245 valid replies was considered. 67.8% of participants were women, with an average age of 24.05±3.49 years. Up to 90.6% were aware that confidentiality affected the data in CHs, although 43.3% possessed non-anonymized photocopies of patients’ clinical reports outside healthcare context, and only 49.8% of the students were always adequately identified. 59.2% accessed patients’ CHs on some occasions by using passwords of healthcare professionals and 77.2% of them did not have patients’ express consent and 71.9% accessed a CH that was not anonymised.Conclusions: The role of healthcare institutions and universities is considered to be fundamental in implementing educational measures regarding the risks and ethical and legal problems arising from the use of CHs among professionals and students. A profound study of medical ethics is needed through the analysis of clinical cases, and direct exposure to situations in which the patient’s confidentiality is questioned.

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The Role of Undegraduate Medical Students Training in Respect for Patient Confidentiality

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“…Recently some deficiencies have been described related to the knowledge of the obligation of confidentiality [5,15,16]. Other authors mention final-year students who show little respect for the patients' confidentiality compared to other obligations, this being more marked in male students [17]. In this work the women also responded more correctly to the concept of confidentiality although with no statistical significance.…”

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The Role of Undegraduate Medical Students Training in Respect for Patient Confidentiality

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IntroductionEncouraging professional integrity is vital in providing a standard of excellence in the quality of medical care and education, promoting a culture of respect and responsibility. The main objective of this work consisted of studying the relationship of medical students with the right to privacy of patients in Spain, specifically analysing the conditions of accessing patients’ Clinical History (CH).MethodsA questionnaire was sent to final-year students at 41 Spanish universities. It had 14 multiple choice questions framed in 3 large blocks. The first one addressed basic general knowledge issues on the right to privacy and the obligation of confidentiality. The two remaining blocks were made up of questions directed towards evaluating the frequency with which certain requirements and steps of action related to the students in attending the patient were performed, and regarding the guarantees in accessing and handling their CH both on paper and in the Electronic Medical Record.ResultsA total of 245 valid replies was considered. 67.8% of participants were women, with an average age of 24.05±3.49 years. Up to 90.6% were aware that confidentiality affected the data in CHs, although 43.3% possessed non-anonymized photocopies of patients’ clinical reports outside healthcare context, and only 49.8% of the students were always adequately identified. 59.2% accessed patients’ CHs on some occasions by using passwords of healthcare professionals and 77.2% of them did not have patients’ express consent and 71.9% accessed a CH that was not anonymised.ConclusionsThe role of healthcare institutions and universities is considered to be fundamental in implementing educational measures regarding the risks and ethical and legal problems arising from the use of CHs among professionals and students. A profound study of medical ethics is needed through the analysis of clinical cases, and direct exposure to situations in which the patient’s confidentiality is questioned.

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“…Recently, some deficiencies have been described in relation to knowledge about the obligation of confidentiality [ 7 , 18 , 19 ]. Other authors mention final-year students who show little respect for patient confidentiality compared to other obligations, which is more marked in male students [ 20 ]. However, in this study, the men responded significantly more correctly to the concept of confidentiality.…”

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The role of undergraduate medical students training in respect for patient confidentiality

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Background Encouraging professional integrity is vital for providing a standard of excellence in quality medical care and education and in promoting a culture of respect and responsibility. The primary objective of this work consisted of studying the relationship of medical students to the right to patient privacy in Spain, specifically by analysing the conditions for accessing patient clinical histories (CHs). Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted based on a questionnaire sent by e-mail to final-year students at 41 Spanish universities. It had 14 multiple choice and closed questions framed in 3 large blocks. The first question addressed basic general knowledge issues on the right to privacy and the obligation for confidentiality. The two remaining blocks were made up of questions directed towards evaluating the frequency with which certain requirements and action steps related to students attending patients were performed and regarding the guarantees associated with accessing and handling patient CHs both on paper and in the Electronic Medical Record. Results A total of 245 valid replies were considered. A total of 67.8 % of participants were women, with an average age of 24.05 ± 3.49 years. Up to 90.6 % were aware that confidentiality affected the data in CHs, although 43.3 % possessed non-anonymized photocopies of patient clinical reports outside the healthcare context, and only 49.8 % of the students were always adequately identified. A total of 59.2 % accessed patient CHs on some occasions by using passwords belonging to healthcare professionals, 77.2 % of them did not have the patients’ express consent, and 71.9 % accessed a CH that was not anonymised. Conclusions The role of healthcare institutions and universities is considered to be fundamental in implementing educational measures regarding the risks and ethical and legal problems arising from the use of CHs among professionals and students. A thorough study of medical ethics is needed through the analysis of clinical cases and direct exposure to situations in which the patient’s confidentiality is questioned.

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Medical students’ opinions on professional behaviours: The Professionalism of Medical Students’ (PoMS) study

Cited by 24 publications

References 61 publications

The Role of Undegraduate Medical Students Training in Respect for Patient Confidentiality

The Role of Undegraduate Medical Students Training in Respect for Patient Confidentiality

The Role of Undegraduate Medical Students Training in Respect for Patient Confidentiality

The role of undergraduate medical students training in respect for patient confidentiality

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