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

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

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