Author(s)

Mohammed Haydar Awad^1*, Moram Amir Ahmed², Safa Adil Osman³, Hala Abdulkareem Alserhan⁴, Norah Mustafa Bukhamsin⁵, Hassan Ali Ayid⁶, Nareman Ayman Abuodeh⁷

¹Collage of Medicine, Karary University, Omdurman, Sudan.
²Collage of Medicine, Hayatt University Collage, Khartoum, Sudan.
³Collage of Medicine, National University, Khartoum, Sudan.
⁴Collage of Medicine, Balqa Applied University, Salt, Jordan.
⁵Collage of Medicine, Vision Collage, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁶Collage of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
⁷Collage of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Background: The right to lead a healthy life is widely considered to be a fundamental human right. All individuals need and use healthcare services throughout their lives, and hence the provision of health care services must be reasonably non-discriminatory and respectful of human rights and dignity. Patients’ rights are a set of norms derived from the bases and principles of medical ethics and human dignity, and professional commitments to patients are founded on these rights. Materials & Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional community-based study was carried out among 1540 medical students in Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan by using simple random technique and self administrative questionnaires, the data was analyzed using SPSS version 25. Results: The majority of participants were female (78.4%), ranging in age between 18 - 21 years (50.1%) and in second year educational level (22.4%). The majority had high knowledge (1305 students, 84.7%), high attitude (756 students, 49.1%) and high practise (817 students, 53.1%). There was significant relationship (P value < 0.05) between age, sex and educational level with knowledge, attitude and practise. Conclusion: Most of the medical students had high knowledge, attitude and practise. The research finding among medical students was good, with additional education, good monitoring and guiding the result will be higher.

Knowledge, Attitude, Practise, Patient Rights, Medical Students, Ethics

Awad, M. , Ahmed, M. , Osman, S. , Alserhan, H. , Bukhamsin, N. , Ayid, H. and Abuodeh, N. (2023) Multinational KAP Study: Patient Rights among Medical Students, 2023. Open Journal of Philosophy, 13, 668-680. doi: 10.4236/ojpp.2023.134042.