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Effect Of Student Involvement On Patient Perceptions Of Ambulatory Care Visits, Todd W. Gress, John A. Flynn, Haya R. Rubin, Lisa Simonson, Stephen Sisson, Traci Thompson, Frederick L. Brancati

Todd W. Gress

OBJECTIVE: To determine if patient satisfaction with ambulatory care visits differs when medical students participate in the visit. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Academic general internal medicine practice. PARTICIPANTS: Outpatients randomly assigned to see an attending physician only (N = 66) or an attending physician plus medical student (N = 68). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Patient perceptions of the office visit were determined by telephone survey. Overall office visit satisfaction was higher for the “attending physician only” group (61% vs 48% excellent), although this was not statistically significant (P = .16). There was no difference between the study groups for …