Table 1.

Percent of Patients Satisfied with Specific Dimensions of the Visit on Teaching and Nonteaching Days

	Teaching Day
Dimension of Care	Student andPreceptor(N = 76)	PreceptorAlone(N = 112)	Nonteaching Day(N = 312)	P Value*	P Value†
Explanation of care	73.7	75.9	82.0	.73	.21
Thoroughness of care	74.7	78.6	81.7	.60	.49
Advice about your condition	73.7	82.4	83.7	.20	.77
Respect for privacy	91.9	88.2	89.6	.47	.72
Clinician's personal manner	86.8	87.5	88.8	.99	.73
Comfort asking questions	98.7	94.7	95.7	.25	.61
Explanation of information	97.3	94.6	95.8	.48	.60
Responsiveness to questions	94.6	92.0	94.8	.57	.35
Appropriateness of care	94.6	90.3	93.2	.41	.31
Instruction about future care	91.9	81.4	86.9	.06	.16
Time spent in examination room	86.3	86.5	91.5	.99	.18
Likelihood of future recommendation‡	78.7	79.3	82.9	.43	.56
Overall duration of visit	84.9	86.4	89.9	.83	.38

^*Comparison of “student and preceptor” vs “preceptor alone” on teaching days.

^†Comparison of “preceptor alone” on teaching days vs patients seen on nonteaching days.

^‡Percent of patients rating as very good or excellent “the likelihood that you would recommend the doctor you saw to your family or friends.”