Table 3.
Patients' preferences with regard to medical students learning by hospital
| Item | All patients (400) No (%) |
Al Mouassat University Hospital (175) No (%) |
Maternity University Hospital (125) No (%) |
Al Assad University Hospital (100) No (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you prefer to be examined by? * ‡ | ||||
| Medical student with same sex as yours | 124 (31.6) | 36 (20.8) | 74 (59.7) | 14 (14.6) |
| No difference | 236 (60.1) | 121 (69.9) | 36 (29) | 79 (82.3) |
| I do not agree in all cases | 33 (8.4) | 16 (9.2) | 14 (11.3) | 3 (3.1) |
| What is your preferred number of students to exist during clinical consultation? * ‡ | ||||
| Nil | 4 (1) | 3 (1.7) | 1 (0.8) | - (-) |
| 1-3 | 58 (14.6) | 36 (20.8) | 16 (12.8) | 6 (6.1) |
| 4-8 | 224 (56.4) | 94 (54.3) | 82 (65.6) | 48 (48.5) |
| 9 or more | 111 (28) | 40 (23.1) | 26 (20.8) | 45 (45.5) |
| What is your preferred number of students to examine you during clinical consultation? * ‡ | ||||
| Nil | 107 (26.8) | 71 (40.6) | 29 (23.2) | 7 (7) |
| 1-2 | 237 (59.3) | 80 (45.7) | 92 (73.6) | 65 (65) |
| 3-5 | 43 (10.8) | 18 (10.3) | 3 (2.4) | 22 (22) |
| 6 or more | 13 (3.3) | 6 (3.4) | 1 (0.8) | 6 (6) |
| Do you prefer to have the clinical examination by the medical students? * ‡ | ||||
| At the same time | 138 (35.8) | 56 (32.4) | 47 (40.9) | 35 (36.1) |
| One visit by a group | 23 (6) | 8 (4.6) | 6 (7.8) | 6 (6.2) |
| Frequent visits by students | 73 (19) | 20 (11.6) | 24 (20.9) | 29 (29.9) |
| Does not matter | 151 (39.2) | 89 (51.4) | 35 (30.4) | 27 (27.8) |
* P < 0.001
‡ P < 0.05 after stratifying for sex of the patient
•Total might be less than 400 due to missing values