The patient-physician interactions as seen by undergraduate medical students

Abstract

Patients benefit from physicians who keep the focus on them. In addition, this program stimulated the students for their accomplishment of the medical course.

Directing student response to early patient contact by questionnaire

“…Considering that the students had filled in their notes individually and collated them for the final report only at the end of the programme, the low deviation may suggest the instrument is sensitive to the attitudes investigated. A similar instrument cited in an earlier report showed almost the same profile for correlated questions, although not in terms of means 4 …”

“…Kiyohara et al . showed patients in similar settings to have higher degrees of satisfaction with their consultations, although not necessarily at the time of the consultation 4 . Our questionnaire did not record the patients' impressions outside the clinic, where they may have felt more comfortable.…”

“…Kiyohara et al showed patients in similar settings to have higher degrees of satisfaction with their consultations, although not necessarily at the time of the consultation. 4 Our questionnaire did not record the patients' impressions outside the clinic, where they may have felt more comfortable. It is also interesting to note that this discomfort might be occasioned by patients' illiteracy, which can cause embarrassment and compromise the doctor)patient relationship.…”

“…In a previous study, undergraduate medical students stationed at an ambulatory clinic used a questionnaire as an instrument to orient their notes and to identify the attitudes of in‐training doctors. The students, after observing a clinical appointment and making a short round with a staff doctor, reported an increasing interest in better study of hard biomedical subjects, such as biochemistry 4 . It is reasonable to suppose that not all students are aware of exactly what they need to master in order to practise medicine.…”

“…The students, after observing a clinical appointment and making a short round with a staff doctor, reported an increasing interest in better study of hard biomedical subjects, such as biochemistry. 4 It is reasonable to suppose that not all students are aware of exactly what they need to master in order to practise medicine. Opportunities to observe outpatient appointments have been shown to be successful in motivating preclinical students to study basic science subjects more thoroughly.…”