Students’ reasons for and against accepting the dinner invitation and the frequency of their occurrence at each survey point
| Pre year 1 | Post year 1 | Post year 3 | Post year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reasons given for accepting | |||||
| How else will I meet someone? | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| Professional and private lives can be separate | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| When patient changes doctor/becomes an ex-patient | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| How else will I meet someone? | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| Everyone on the island is a patient including your wife/husband | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| There’s been previous social contact | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| As long as doctor doesn’t take advantage/abuse patient | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Doctors are only human | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| If both consent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Just be friends | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Patient made first move | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Life’s too short | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Patient is level headed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| I see no harm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Follow your heart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| No legal barrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reasons given for not accepting | |||||
| Professional consensus based | |||||
| Unethical | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| Compromise doctor–patient relationship | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| Abuse of power | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Unprofessional | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Fear of GMC consequences | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Breach of trust | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Breach of confidentiality | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Loss of respect in community | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Transference issues | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tell patient no | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Non professional consensus based | |||||
| When patient changes doctor/becomes an ex-patient | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| Professional and private lives can be separate | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| There’s been previous social contact | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wait a while | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Everyone on the island is a patient | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| The skin condition would put me off | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |