Table 2.

Factors affecting clinical examination as perceived by students

	All n (%)	Female n (%)	Male n (%)
Has a patient of the other sex refused to have you present during a clinical examination?
Always	1 (1)	1 (1)	0 (0)
Never	19 (10)	9 (10)	10 (10)
Rarely	91 (48)	47 (53)	44 (44)
Sometimes	77 (41)	32 (36)	45 (46)
Total	188 (100)	89 (100)	99 (100)
How does your gender affect your learning experience?
Does not at all	107 (57)	57 (64)	50 (51)
Negatively	34 (18)	14 (16)	20 (20)
Positively	47 (25)	18 (20)	29 (29)
Total	188 (100)	89 (100)	99 (100)
Which of the following have impacted your clinical examination of the other sex?
Examining a patient from another sex may lead to misunderstanding	36 (11)	13 (9)	23 (13)
Examining a patient from another sex may make you shy/embarrassed	77 (23)	40 (27)	37 (20)
Lack of privacy of patients’ rooms in Jordan	68 (20)	27 (18)	41 (23)
Cultural and religious traditions	116 (35)	50 (33)	66 (36)
None of the above	35 (11)	20 (13)	15 (8)
Total	332 (100)	150 (100)	182 (100)
Do you feel supported by your supervisor to conduct intimate clinical examinations?
Always	44 (23)	28 (32)	16 (16)
Never	18 (10)	3 (3)	15 (15)
Rarely	53 (28)	17 (19)	36 (36)
Sometimes	73 (39)	41 (46)	32 (32)
Total	188 (100)	89 (100)	99 (100)
Has a patient refused ever to give you a consent for doing an intimate clinical examination?
No	44 (23)	18 (20)	26 (26)
Yes	144 (77)	71 (80)	73 (74)
Total	188 (100)	89 (100)	99 (100)
If you answered the last question with “yes” was the patient who refused of the other sex?
No	40 (28)	18 (25.4)	22 (30)
Yes	103 (72)	52 (73.2)	51 (70)
Missing	1 (0)	1 (1.4)	0 (0)
Total	144 (100)	71 (100)	73 (100)