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A Good Doctor from the Perspective of University Students

The goal of medical education is to make a desirable physician who is needed and wanted from community. The images of this ideal physician has changed over the years. We analysed the questionnaires about a good doctor which were answered by 472 students of one university except for medical, dental, nursing and pharmaceutical students. The excellent physician was regarded as a competent doctor 251 (53.2%), a doctor who is good at explanation 154 (32.6%), and a kind doctor 65 (13.8%) and etc. The mean reliability score for physician was 3.4 and for medical services 3.3, by 5-point Likert scale. The survey subjects thought that medical education to make a good physician should include communication skills (27%), medical skills (26%), medical knowledge (19%), courtesy (11%) & etc.