The aim of the study was to find out students' opinions on the observance of patient rights by students and medical staff during clinical classes. The study was conducted in the academic year 2009/2010 on a group of 152 sixth-year students of the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University of Gdańsk and aimed to determine whether students are warned before clinical classes about the need to respect patient rights and to what extent, in their opinion, selected patient rights are respected in the clinical hospital by medical staff and by the students themselves. The results of the survey show that although it is the responsibility of lecturers teaching clinical classes to inform students about the need for them to respect patient rights, only less than half of the students confirm that this actually takes place (46.7%). Two-thirds of the students surveyed claim to have encountered a case of gross violation of patient dignity by doctors and by other medical staff (69.1% and 64.5% respectively) and less than half of the respondents by students (45.4%). Furthermore, the vast majority of respondents (79.6%) said that students respect medical confidentiality, as well as the patient's right to consent to an interview, examination and medical procedure (92.1%, 89.5% and 77.7%, respectively).
Opinions of students of the Medical University of Gdańsk on observance of patients' rights during clinical classes
15 December 2022