dc.contributor.author | Ogendo, S. W. O. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-04T13:01:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-04T13:01:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95447 | |
dc.description.abstract | Research Question: How willing are patients to the participation of medical students in their
care.
Objective: To determine the level of patient willingness to medical student participation in
their care
Design: Cross sectional study
Methods: Qualitative in-depth interviews of patients within the surgical wards of the Kenyatta
National Hospital in Nairobi.
A sample of 16 patients purposefully selected from the surgical wards based on their prior
contact with medical students were chosen.
Amongst the outcome measures evaluated were patient willingness to history taking and
physical examination by undergraduate medical students. The patients’ perception of student
bedside conduct and patient readiness to decline to be seen by students. Factors influencing
the level of patient willingness to be attended to by medical students and also to look at the
patients’ assessment of the benefit of medical students in the wards.
Data collected was entered into a questionnaire and analysed by themes and codes.
Findings: Participant willingness to participate in the training of medical students overall is
favourable but should not be assumed. Some participants are declining to be seen by students
and a means of correcting this situation needs to be found.
Areas of concern expressed by participants include privacy, student conduct, poor clinical
skills and the inconvenient student visiting times.
Better training in student communication skills needs to be implemented. Improved bedside
etiquette and respect for patients’ “undisturbed times” need to be observed.
A balance must be struck between student eagerness to learn and patient willingness to be
seen by students. As a result Medical Schools will need to consider incorporating alternate
teaching methods to enable medical students to acquire the much needed clinical skills. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Patient Willingness To Undergraduate Medical Student Involvement In Their Care | en_US |
dc.title | Patient Willingness To Undergraduate Medical Student Involvement In Their Care At The Kenyatta National Hospital: A Cross Sectional Study. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |