title: Medical students' and patients' perceptions of patient-centred attitude.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Patient-centred care can increase patient satisfaction and lead to better clinical outcomes for them, such as improved physical status and higher health-related quality of life. However, doctors' and patients' views on patient-centred attitude might differ and could be affected by culture and the community environment. To clarify the differences in primary care patients' and senior medical students' perceptions of medical students' patient-centred attitude.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1,025 subjects-827 patients from primary care institutions and 198 fourth-year medical students from a medical college in South Korea-completed the Patient Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS). The students completed the self-reported questionnaire at the end of their clinical clerkship. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, and one-way analysis of variances were conducted in SPSS version 21.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Firstly, sharing subscale scores were higher among patients than among medical students (students, 3.61 vs. patients, 3.76; p<0.001), but secondly, caring subscale scores were higher among medical students (students, 4.18 vs. patients, 3.82; p<0.001). Thirdly, PPOS total scores were higher among medical students (students, 3.90 vs. patients, 3.79; p=0.001). Finally, male students had the lowest sharing scores (F=6.811, p<0.001) and female students showed the highest PPOS total scores (F=5.805, p=0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Significant differences between medical students' and patients' perceptions of medical students' patient-centred attitudes suggest the necessity of educational efforts to overcome the gap between the groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Yera
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0142-3078
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: A Ra
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0458-5256
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Jin
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1452-0520
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010358:Patient Participation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012577:Schools, Medical; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D013337:Students, Medical; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Clinical education; Physician-patient relations; Professional development