Perceptions of medical malpractice and medical malpractice reform among first- and fourth-year medical students

Erin T. Kelly and Edward A. Miller

Health Policy, 2009, vol. 91, issue 1, 71-78

Abstract: Objectives Comparison of first- and fourth-year medical student perceptions of the U.S. medical malpractice system and their disposition toward reform, and examination of the relationship between school year and other potential correlates of these perceptions.Methods Data derived from 109 students at Brown Medical School who responded to a 2006 web-based survey of attitudes and background characteristics. We report student perceptions stratified by medical school year. We use Mann-Whitney U and [chi]2 tests to examine the correlates of perceptions and linear regression to examine these in a multivariate context.Results There were no significant differences in the dispositions of first- and fourth-year students toward the current system (p >= 0.05). However, fourth-year students were more likely to favor screening panels for malpractice cases (82.2% vs. 70.4%) and capping pain and suffering damages (68.9% vs. 55.2%) (both pÂ

Keywords: Perception; Attitude; of; health; personnel; Malpractice; Education; Medical; Undergraduate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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