Medical student attitudes to patient involvement in healthcare decision-making and research.

Objective: Patient involvement is used to describe the inclusion of patients as active participants in healthcare decision-making and research. This study aimed to investigate incoming year 1 medical (MBChB) students' attitudes and opinions regarding patient involvement in this context.

Methods: We established a staff-student partnership to formulate the design of an online research survey, which included Likert scale questions and three short vignette scenarios designed to probe student attitudes towards patient involvement linked to existing legal precedent.