Discrepancies between perceptions of students and deans regarding the consequences of restricting students’ use of electronic medical records on quality of medical education

Table 4 Opinions about impact of restriction of student documentation on MR on patient care, if any, according to students and deans

Impact on Patient Care	Students		Deans		t	p	d
Impact on Patient Care	M	SD	M	SD	t	p	d
Possibility of medical errors	2.30	1.03	2.56	1.36	−1.19	.23	0.25
Opportunity of malpractice suits	2.30	1.06	2.32	1.11	−.10	.92	0.02
Use of resident’s/physician’s time	2.68	1.12	2.84	1.25	−.68	.48	0.14
Opportunity to find information on chart	2.56	1.12	2.96	1.21	−1.73	.84	0.36
Completeness of patient information	2.54	1.13	2.80	1.26	−1.10	.27	0.23
Care team’s understanding of patient problems	2.46	1.12	2.92	1.15	−2.00	< .05	0.41

Answered on a 5-point Likert scale (from 1 = strongly agree to 5 = strongly disagree)

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