Sally Santen et al.
Medical Education
April 2005, Vol. 39, Issue #4, pg. 370-379.
Review by: Linda Heun, Ph.D. <lheun@aacom.org>
The authors collected data from 114 adult emergency department patients to determine whether patients would agree to participate in a traditional learning opportunity for medical students: the performance of task for which student had limited or no experience. Patients were enrolled in the study if they required one of the following procedures: sutures, intravenous access or splinting. Results included:
- less than half (48%) of participants knew they could be the first patient on whom a student performed a procedure
- 66% thought they should be informed about the relative experience of the student
- 90% of patients in the study consented to participating in a procedure which was a learning experience for medical students
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