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Table 2 How true where the following statements for you - thinking about your professional experience (i.e. not social or leisure) on your placement?

From: Beyond ‘health and safety’ – the challenges facing students asked to work outside of their comfort, qualification level or expertise on medical elective placement

Statement

True

False

On Elective I was never asked/allowed to do anything that I wouldn’t have been asked/allowed to do as a UK undergraduate medical student

61.11% (231)

38.89% (147)

I am confident that I know what I should and should not be asked/instructed to do at this stage in my training

90.69% (341)

9.31% (35)

I am confident that I know what I should and should not be allowed to do at this stage in my training

90.16% (339)

9.84% (37)

If I was asked to do something, and wasn’t sure if I should, there was always someone to help clarify

76.33% (287)

23.67% (89)