Objective: To determine the role of students clinical phase medical faculty
Muhammadiyah University of Makassar in health care for patients in hospital network
education. Method: This study used a cross-sectional study design. Samples were obtained
by 126 respondents with details of 47 respondents from Hospital Tk. II Pelamonia of
Makassar and 79 respondents from the General Hospital of Syech Yusuf of Gowa. Data
was obtained using a questionnaire and analyzed by chi-square test. Result: This study
shows that patients agree both male students and female as much as 82.5% when they
were about to read medical records, while only 37.3% when students performed invasive
direct action. Patients who do not agree either male students and female as much as 30.2%
when to examine the patients without the presence of a doctor, while only 2.4% when it is
present on the ward. Factors gender, the presence of the supervising physician, type of
wards, as well as invasive in patients showed a p-value