Patients’ Perception toward Medical Students’ Involvement in Their Surgical Care: Single Center Study

Table 2

Patients’ perception about the role of medical students and residents in the operation theatre.

	Male	Female	value	Total
	(%)	(%)		(%)
Would you permit medical students to be present in the operation room when you are having a surgery?
Yes	40 (80%)	42 (55.3%)	0.004	82 (65.1%)
What exactly do you think medical students do in the operation room?
(i) Observe the surgeons	29 (61.7%)	45 (59.2%)	0.784	74 (60.2%)
(ii) Participate in the surgery	2 (4.3%)	5 (6.65)	0.589	7 (5.7%)
(iii) Do a minor procedure	19 (40.4%)	29 (38.2)	0.802	48 (39%)
What exactly do you think residents do in the operating room?
(i) Observe the surgeons	17 (35.4%)	21 (27.3%)	0.336	38 (30.4%)
(ii) Participate in the surgery	18 (37.5%)	30 (39%)	0.870	48 (38.4%)
(ii) Do a minor procedure	17 (35.45%)	30 (39%)	0.691	47 (37.6%)
Do you believe that medical students should specifically obtain patient consent prior to becoming observers in the operating room?
Yes	39 (79.6%)	63 (82.9%)	0.642	102 (81.6%)