title: [What are users views of medical residents attending primary care consultations?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find what users think of the presence of medical residents (MIR) at primary care consultations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational and cross-sectional descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Urban health centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  421 patients, selected by systematic sampling, attending consultations of MIR tutors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A structured questionnaire was drawn up, with some closed questions with multiple-option replies on the Likert scale; and others with a yes/no or "indifferent" reply. The questionnaires were filled out in the waiting-rooms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  100% (63% women, 37% men) answered the questionnaire. 71% preferred to be seen by the same doctor; and 68% thought they were better treated if they were always seen by the same doctor. 89% thought that the presence of the resident was a necessary part of his/her training; 90% were not bothered by his/her presence during the consultation; 82% thought the resident did not obstruct in any way their relationship with the doctor; 94% thought that the presence of the resident had never stopped them mentioning something important; 55% thought that patients had the right to an opinion on the presence of the resident.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most patients valued the presence of residents at consultations positively and thought it a necessary part of their training.
authors.affiliation: Tutores de residentes de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. CS de Puerto de Sagunto. Puerto de Sagunto, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rabanaque Malléna
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García Domingoa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martínez Perpiñáa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dolz Domingo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ordoño Domínguez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rubio Sanjaime
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D010045:Outpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires