Research Article
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%) |
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