Medical student training and patient satisfaction in the internal medicine clinics of Imam Khomeini Hospital

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Medical Student Training on patients satisfaction referred to the internal medicine clinics. Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study. 200 outpatients referred to the internal medicine clinic Imam Khomeini Hospital were selected by convenient sampling. The participants were divided into two groups. The group which firstly visited by a specialist and the group which firstly visited by intern and then a specialist. In this study, researcher made questionnaire was used for measuring the patient satisfaction. Data were analyzed by using one-sample t-test, independent t-test and pair-t test. Results: The finding showed that patients are satisfied of the presence and performance of medical interns in clinics and they preferred to be visited by intern and a specialist rather than only by a specialist (p