Open AccessPerceptions of patients and medical students towards each other in the setting of patient care—a South African perspective
Author(s) -
Colin Menezes,
Ames Dhai,
zwakazi Tshabalala,
Dineo Mpanya,
Caroline Dickens
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical science educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2156-8650
DOI - 10.1007/s40670-020-00976-3
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , perspective (graphical) , dilemma , perception , informed consent , nursing , psychology , alternative medicine , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , computer science
South Africa urgently needs more doctors. We examined perceptions of patients and students to provide evidence for optimum student-patient ratios and substantiate solutions for this dilemma.