Table 2 Students’ self-rating of ability to explain medical errors and apologise if required
From: Disclosing medical errors: how do we prepare our students?
Self-rating of ability to explain medical errors | 4th -year students (n = 65) | 5th -year students (n = 105*) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Novice | Average | Excellent | Novice | Average | Excellent | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Total group | 32 (49.2) | 28 (43.1) | 5 (7.7) | 31 (29.5) | 56 (53.3) | 18 (17.1) |
Language group** | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Afrikaans | 8 (42.1) | 9 (47.4) | 2 (10.5) | 12 (22.2) | 34 (63.3) | 8 (14.8) |
English | 9 (39.1) | 12 (52.2) | 2 (8.7) | 5 (35.7) | 6 (42.9) | 3 (21.4) |
Sesotho | 3 (60.0) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | 5 (45.4) | 4 (36.4) | 2 (18.2) |
Other | 8 (8.0) | 2 (20.0) | 0 (0) | 5 (33.3) | 7 (46.7) | 3 (20.0) |