Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30302
Title: Impact of medical student presence in the General Practice Consultation
Contributor(s): Partanen, Riitta (author); Ranmuthugala, Geetha  (author)orcid ; Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas (author); van Driel, Mieke (author)
Publication Date: 2015
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30302
Abstract: 

Background: While evidence suggests patients generally accept the presence of a student during a General Practice consultation, there is minimal literature comparing patient satisfaction with and without a student present and the impact of the student presence on the GPs ability to manage the problem and the student’s learning experience.

Summary of Work: A cross sectional observational study was conducted of GPs accepting third-year University of Queensland Rural Clinical School medical students, their patients and medical students. The GP, the Patient and if present the student were asked to complete a questionnaire following 5 consultations per week for 4 weeks with a student present, and another 5 consultations per week for 4 weeks without a student present.

Summary of Results: Overall there were no differences in the length of consultations with and without students (81% vs 77% consultation lasting 6 - 21 minutes, p=0.15), in the GP’s self-reported ability to effectively manage the presenting problem (95% vs 96%, p=0.43), in time patient spent in waiting room (p=0.57); patient satisfaction with ability to talk feely (96% vs 91%, p=0.06), GP dealing with the presenting problem (p=0.30), and overall satisfaction with consultation (100% vs 99%, p=1.0).

A significantly higher proportion of patients without students identified issues raised with the GP as being sensitive or personal compared with patients without students (26.3% vs 12.6%, p <0.001).

The student’s learning opportunity was found to be satisfactory for a majority (n=214, 83.9%) of consultations.

Discussion and Conclusions: Our study found no significant negative impact of student presence during a GP consultation in terms of the GP’s ability to deliver care or patient satisfaction with the consultation. Take-home messages: Student presence in the GP Consultation is satisfactory for all participants - the GP, the patient and the student.

Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: AMEE 2015: Association for Medical Education in Europe 2015 Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 5th - 9th September, 2015
Source of Publication: p. 614-614
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 111717 Primary Health Care
130209 Medicine, Nursing and Health Curriculum and Pedagogy
130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 420319 Primary health care
390110 Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
390402 Education assessment and evaluation
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930501 Education and Training Systems Policies and Development
939908 Workforce Transition and Employment
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160205 Policies and development
160206 Workforce transition and employment
HERDC Category Description: E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication
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