title: Factors influencing medical student participation in an obstetrics and gynaecology clinic.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify factors influencing medical student participation in an obstetrics and gynaecology (OBGYN) setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross sectional study carried out on patients admitted in OBGYN wards of Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 250 patients consented to participate in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty three percent of the people responded 'yes' to the question of being initially seen by a medical student. People who consented were 3.5 times more likely to know that their primary consultant was a teacher at a medical school i.e. they were initially aware that they were in a teaching hospital (p-value < 0.01). Additionally, people who did consent were 3.5 times more likely to have been admitted because of labour/delivery (p-value < 0.001) and 2.7 times more likely to have a monthly income of more than Rs. 20,000 (p-value < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A number of factors have been identified in our study along with proposed solutions. Identification of these potentially modifiable factors in the medical student-patient interaction is important to improve the involvement of medical students in the care of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ferha
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Mahwash
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kassi
authors.forename: Samia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ayub
authors.forename: Rabeea
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.forename: Pashtoon M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kasi
authors.forename: Javed H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rizvi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D010154:Pakistan; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires