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EDITORIALS: Peter A Singer Intimate examinations and other ethical challenges in medical education BMJ 2003; 326: 62-63 [Full text]

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Attitude of students to patient's examination

Aladdin A Al-Hussaini   (13 January 2003)

Attitude of students to patient's examination 13 January 2003
Aladdin A Al-Hussaini, Professor of Behavioural Medicine Sultan Qaboos University Medical College, Oman, PC 123 Send response to journal: Re: Attitude of students to patient's examination	It is very alarming to read this article, which shows how much we as teachers fail in cultivating in students,the proper attitude towards patients. Unfortunatley most of our students take it for granted that the patients should consent automatically to medical students' examination. Some students seem to feel that patients are obliged to consent, but worse than this, some teachers give the students that impression and reinforce it sometimes by refusing to see those patients who refuse the examination. Competing interests:   None declared