Transactions of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Obstetrical and Gynecological SocietyFactors influencing obstetric and gynecologic patients' decisions toward medical student involvement in the outpatient setting☆
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Methods
Written questionnaires were distributed to 340 patients who had the option of having a medical student participate in their care in the obstetric-gynecologic outpatient setting. These patients received their obstetric and gynecologic care at the various women's health centers affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco, between January 1998 and June 1998. Sample questions from the questionnaire are shown in Table I.1. Today, were you willing to
Results
One hundred eighty of the 340 questionnaires were completed, reflecting a response rate of 53%. The study group consisted of women of all educational levels, with a mean age of 30.8 years. Of the study participants, 84% accepted medical student participation, whereas 16% declined medical student involvement. The ethnic composition of the women participating in the study was 57% white, 13% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 12% African American, and 5% identified as other. The distribution of women at the
Comment
This study showed that the majority of patients receiving outpatient obstetric-gynecologic care at the University of California at San Francisco accepted medical student participation.
The most frequent factor in deciding to accept medical student participation by patients was a desire to contribute to the training of future physicians. Short of encouraging patients to be altruistic, there is not a significant way to alter this factor. The method of presenting the student was deemed important by
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