Minimal supervision out-patient clinical teaching

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Clinical Teaching Strategies

Background:

• Minimal faculty supervision in patient-student encounters offers a feasible clinical teaching solution.
• Patient and student perceptions of this unsupervised model require investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate patient and medical student perceptions of clinical teaching with minimal faculty supervision.
• To assess the impact of this model on student learning and engagement.

Main Methods:

• Patients completed pre- and post-consultation questionnaires on comfort and trust.
• Medical students provided self-perceptions of performance post-consultation.

Main Results:

• Patient comfort (97%) and trust (99%) significantly increased post-consultation.
• Students reported increased participation (86%) and interest in patient feedback (94%).
• Students were comfortable being assessed by patients (86%).

Conclusions:

• The minimal faculty supervision model demonstrates strong patient acceptance.
• Findings support integrating patient feedback into medical student clinical evaluations.