Table 2.
Patients’ reactions toward the presence of medical students in teaching hospitals; Kuwait, April 2011 (n=932)
| Question | Answers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Only males n (%) | Only females n (%) | Both males and females n (%) | Neither males nor females n (%) | |
| Would you permit medical students to read your medical file? | 27 (2.9) | 49 (5.3) | 801 (85.9) | 55 (5.9) |
| Would you permit medical students to be present in the outpatient clinic if you were having a consultation with your doctor? | 45 (4.8) | 100 (10.7) | 685 (73.5) | 102 (10.9) |
| Would you permit medical students to be present in the ward rounds if you were admitted in the same ward? | 35 (3.8) | 88 (9.4) | 720 (77.3) | 89 (9.5) |
| Would you permit medical students to be present in the operation room if you were having a surgery? | 47 (5.0) | 98 (10.5) | 538 (57.7) | 249 (26.7) |
| Would you permit medical students to take your medical history and personal details from you with the presence of a doctor? | 22 (2.4) | 51 (5.5) | 742 (79.6) | 117 (12.6) |
| Would you permit medical students to take your medical history and personal details from you without the presence of a doctor? | 14 (1.5) | 48 (5.2) | 477 (51.2) | 393 (42.2) |
| Would you permit medical students to be present while your doctor examining you? | 50 (5.4) | 129 (13.8) | 535 (57.4) | 218 (23.4) |
| Would you permit medical students to examine you with the presence of a doctor? | 52 (5.6) | 119 (12.8) | 503 (54.0) | 258 (27.7) |
| Would you permit medical students to examine you without the presence of a doctor? | 27 (2.9) | 62 (6.7) | 263 (28.2) | 580 (62.2) |
| Would you permit medical students to be present while you're having diagnostic/other procedures (e.g. drawing blood, inserting catheter, endoscopy…etc)? | 43 (4.6) | 108 (11.6) | 568 (60.9) | 213 (22.9) |
| Would you permit medical students to perform diagnostic/other procedures on you (e.g. drawing blood, inserting catheter, endoscopy…etc)? | 31 (3.3) | 78 (8.4) | 315 (33.8) | 508 (54.5) |