Table 1 Survey with Likert Scale Responses
From: Patient participation in medical student teaching: a survey of hospital patients
Questions* | Strongly Disagree % (n) | Disagree % (n) | Neutral % (n) | Agree % (n) | Strongly Agree % (n) |
Motivation to participate | |||||
1. I felt comfortable with being asked to participate in medical student physical exam/history taking teaching. | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 16 (18) | 81 (89) |
2. I felt like I could have said no if I had not wanted to participate in medical student teaching. | (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 15 (16) | 82 (90) |
3. I understood what the experience would be like before saying yes | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 9 (10) | 26 (29) | 62 (68) |
4. Participation in this teaching has no impact on the care I receive while in the hospital. | 4 (4) | 2 (2) | 5 (5) | 18 (20) | 72 (80) |
5. It was clear that the medical students were not part of my care team. | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 4 (4) | 13 (14) | 83 (91) |
6. I have a good understanding of why I am in the hospital, and what my diagnosis is. | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 4 (4) | 26 (29) | 69 (76) |
7. If patients don’t teach doctors in-training, they won’t be able to learn what they need to learn. | 1 (1) | 5 (5) | 6 (7) | 23 (25) | 65 (72) |
8. Patients have a duty to teach when they are in the hospital. | 6 (6) | 18 (20) | 24 (26) | 23 (25) | 29 (32) |
9. Patients should expect to participate in teaching when they enter the hospital. | 5 (6) | 21 (23) | 26 (29) | 22 (24) | 25 (28) |
Quality of Experience | |||||
10. The medical students treated me with respect. | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 7 (8) | 92 (101) |
11. I value the time spent with medical students. | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (11) | 21 (23) | 69 (77) |
12. I learned something about my health/disease by participating in this teaching. | 2 (2) | 8 (9) | 35 (39) | 20 (22) | 35 (39) |
13. Participation in this teaching made me happier | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 20 (22) | 34 (38) | 44 (49) |
14. Participation in this teaching made me feel better about my hospital stay. | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 23 (25) | 41 (45) | 35 (39) |
15. I would participate in this teaching again. | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 25 (28) | 72 (79) |
Question | None % (n) | A slight amount % (n) | A moderate amount % (n) | A lot % (n) | A huge amount % (n) |
Quality of Experience | |||||
16. How much pain were you in while the medical students were with you? | 52 (57) | 28 (31) | 13 (14) | 6 (6) | 1 (1) |
17. Did taking part in the teaching worsen your pain? | 97 (105) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Motivation to participate | |||||
18. How much do you feel like patients have a duty to teach? | 17 (18) | 18 (20) | 25 (27) | 18 (20) | 22 (24) |
19. How bored were you when the doctor came in to ask you to participate in teaching? | 75 (82) | 9 (10) | 13 (14) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) |