Wright H J
Br Med J. 1974 Mar 2;1(5904):372-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5904.372.
259 consecutive adult patients were interviewed regarding their attitudes to the presence of medical students at consultation, at examination, and at home visits. Few patients declared reluctance to discussing physical illness and smoking or drinking problems in the student's presence, but many had appreciable inhibitions about discussing almost every other common component of consultation. Over half of the younger women interviewed would prefer students not to be present at physical or pelvic examination.Neither age nor social class showed significant association with declared preference, but previous contact with students did not decrease inhibitions among patients. Only 15% of respondents said that they would be more upset by the presence of two students rather than one.
对259名成年患者就他们对医学生在会诊、检查及家访时在场的态度进行了访谈。很少有患者表示不愿在医学生在场时讨论身体疾病以及吸烟或饮酒问题，但许多患者在讨论会诊中几乎所有其他常见内容时都有明显的顾虑。超过半数接受访谈的年轻女性希望医学生不在场进行体格检查或盆腔检查。年龄和社会阶层与所表明的偏好均无显著关联，但患者之前与医学生的接触并未减少他们的顾虑。只有15%的受访者表示，有两名医学生在场比只有一名医学生在场更让他们心烦。
