Abdulghani H M, Al-Rukban M O, Ahmad S S
King Saud University, College of Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Educ Health (Abingdon). 2008 Jul;21(2):69. Epub 2008 Aug 23.
A key element of medical education is patients' willingness to and cooperation in involving a medical student in their care.
To assess patients' attitudes and their associated factors toward involving medical students in their care.
This study was conducted over a period of two months in two hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Six hundred patients were approached to participate in outpatient and inpatient settings of four medical specialty services. A pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect the data.
There were 492 respondents (82%), of whom 50% were males, 74% were married, and 51% were outpatients. Sixty percent identified medical students on the team of doctors that had treated them. Eighty-one percent of respondents felt that students' general appearance and manner were important to their willingness to have them participate in their care, and 64% would not object to the presence of medical students during physical examinations. Most (63%) preferred to be informed about students' involvement beforehand. Fifty-five percent believed that they had the right to refuse medical students, with women, married and less educated individuals and those seen in particular departments more likely to believe so. The preferred role for students also varied with gender, marital status and department.
This study finds that most Saudi patients view medical students' involvement in their care positively. They prefer to be told in advance about students' presence, asked for their permission, and have students' involvement restricted to certain times.
医学教育的一个关键要素是患者愿意让医学生参与其护理并与之合作。
评估患者对于让医学生参与其护理的态度及其相关因素。
本研究在沙特阿拉伯利雅得的两家医院进行，为期两个月。研究人员联系了600名患者，邀请他们参与四个医学专科门诊和住院服务。通过一份预先测试的问卷收集数据。
共有492名受访者（82%），其中50%为男性，74%已婚，51%为门诊患者。60%的受访者能认出治疗过他们的医生团队中的医学生。81%的受访者认为学生的整体外表和举止对他们是否愿意让学生参与护理很重要，64%的受访者不反对医学生在体格检查时在场。大多数人（63%）希望事先被告知有医学生参与。55%的人认为他们有权拒绝医学生，女性、已婚者、受教育程度较低者以及在特定科室就诊的患者更有可能这样认为。学生的首选角色也因性别、婚姻状况和科室而异。
本研究发现，大多数沙特患者对医学生参与其护理持积极态度。他们希望提前被告知医学生的存在，征求他们的同意，并将医学生的参与限制在特定时间。
