Medical learning in a private hospital: patients' and companions' perspectives

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Contact with patients has important implications for medical students' education. Previous studies have shown that patients in teaching hospitals have positive views about medical education. The aim here was to assess the acceptability of medical education among patients...

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Main Authors: Arthur de Carvalho Jatobá e Sousa, Carolina da Rocha Machado Tajra, Rodolfo de Souza Coelho, Ciro Martins Gomes, Ricardo Afonso Teixeira
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Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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spelling doaj-44ae0f56b445476995e840a1642b17382020-11-24T23:36:27ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-9460127210110410.1590/S1516-31802009000200009S1516-31802009000200009Medical learning in a private hospital: patients' and companions' perspectivesArthur de Carvalho Jatobá e Sousa0Carolina da Rocha Machado Tajra1Rodolfo de Souza Coelho2Ciro Martins Gomes3Ricardo Afonso Teixeira4Universidade Católica de BrasíliaUniversidade Católica de BrasíliaUniversidade Católica de BrasíliaUniversidade Católica de BrasíliaUniversidade Católica de BrasíliaCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Contact with patients has important implications for medical students' education. Previous studies have shown that patients in teaching hospitals have positive views about medical education. The aim here was to assess the acceptability of medical education among patients and their companions in a non-teaching private hospital that is planning to implement a medical teaching program in the near future. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study conducted in a 200-bed tertiary-care private hospital in Brasília. METHODS: Between March and April 2005, patients and their companions in three different sections of the hospital (intensive care unit, ward and emergency waiting room) were surveyed using a questionnaire. RESULTS: The questionnaire was completed by 209 volunteers. The majority of the volunteers (178; 85%) said that they would allow a student to be present during consultations. Of these, 102 (57%) said that they would like to have a student present. Acceptance of the presence of students was higher among males (males 93%; females 81%; P = 0.026). Intensive care unit respondents said that they would like medical students to be present more frequently than the other two groups said this (ward 48%; emergency room 49%; intensive care unit 74%; P = 0.011). CONCLUSIONS: Not only were medical students well accepted but also their presence during consultations was desired by many patients and their companions. These findings may be of great value for plans to implement medical teaching programs in private hospitals.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802009000200009&lng=en&tlng=enStudents, medicalEducation, medicalHospitals, privatePatient satisfactionQuestionnaires
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author Arthur de Carvalho Jatobá e Sousa
Carolina da Rocha Machado Tajra
Rodolfo de Souza Coelho
Ciro Martins Gomes
Ricardo Afonso Teixeira
spellingShingle Arthur de Carvalho Jatobá e Sousa
Carolina da Rocha Machado Tajra
Rodolfo de Souza Coelho
Ciro Martins Gomes
Ricardo Afonso Teixeira
Medical learning in a private hospital: patients' and companions' perspectives
São Paulo Medical Journal
Students, medical
Education, medical
Hospitals, private
Patient satisfaction
Questionnaires
author_facet Arthur de Carvalho Jatobá e Sousa
Carolina da Rocha Machado Tajra
Rodolfo de Souza Coelho
Ciro Martins Gomes
Ricardo Afonso Teixeira
author_sort Arthur de Carvalho Jatobá e Sousa
title Medical learning in a private hospital: patients' and companions' perspectives
title_short Medical learning in a private hospital: patients' and companions' perspectives
title_full Medical learning in a private hospital: patients' and companions' perspectives
title_fullStr Medical learning in a private hospital: patients' and companions' perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Medical learning in a private hospital: patients' and companions' perspectives
title_sort medical learning in a private hospital: patients' and companions' perspectives
publisher Associação Paulista de Medicina
series São Paulo Medical Journal
issn 1806-9460
description CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Contact with patients has important implications for medical students' education. Previous studies have shown that patients in teaching hospitals have positive views about medical education. The aim here was to assess the acceptability of medical education among patients and their companions in a non-teaching private hospital that is planning to implement a medical teaching program in the near future. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study conducted in a 200-bed tertiary-care private hospital in Brasília. METHODS: Between March and April 2005, patients and their companions in three different sections of the hospital (intensive care unit, ward and emergency waiting room) were surveyed using a questionnaire. RESULTS: The questionnaire was completed by 209 volunteers. The majority of the volunteers (178; 85%) said that they would allow a student to be present during consultations. Of these, 102 (57%) said that they would like to have a student present. Acceptance of the presence of students was higher among males (males 93%; females 81%; P = 0.026). Intensive care unit respondents said that they would like medical students to be present more frequently than the other two groups said this (ward 48%; emergency room 49%; intensive care unit 74%; P = 0.011). CONCLUSIONS: Not only were medical students well accepted but also their presence during consultations was desired by many patients and their companions. These findings may be of great value for plans to implement medical teaching programs in private hospitals.
topic Students, medical
Education, medical
Hospitals, private
Patient satisfaction
Questionnaires
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