• Family medicine · Jan 2010

    Patient satisfaction in a student-run free medical clinic.

    • Justin D Ellett, Jaime A Campbell, and Wanda C Gonsalves.
    • Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
    • Fam Med. 2010 Jan 1; 42 (1): 16-8.

    Background And ObjectivesThere are currently more than 100 student-run medical clinics in the United States, operated in conjunction with various allopathic medical schools. However, there have been no reports regarding patient satisfaction with these free clinic services.MethodsFifty-two of 60 patients seen at the C.A.R.E.S. clinic over a 4-week period in the winter of 2007 completed a questionnaire.ResultsPatients were highly satisfied with laboratory services, staff friendliness, amount of time spent being interviewed, and the depth of the explanations. They were less satisfied with the hours of operation and wait time.ConclusionsPatients seen at a student-run clinic are very satisfied with the services they received.

      Pubmed     Free full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…

What will the 'Medical Journal of You' look like?

Start your free 21 day trial now.

We guarantee your privacy. Your email address will not be shared.