Satisfaction surveys

UBC Student Health Service conducted a satisfaction survey with students who used our services between January and March of 2009.

We are pleased to report a very high satisfaction rating of many aspects of our clinic: 

  • 94% of students are very to moderately satisfied with their overall SHS experience
  • 98% said their service expectations were exceeded or met
  • 80% would choose our service over other health care providers

SHS wishes to thank all students who took the time to complete the survey. For more information, download the full Patient Viewpoint Survey (100.5KB PDF).

Results

Demographics

A total of 422 students completed the anonymous survey using PDAs and StudentVoice software, of which 67% of the respondents were female and 32% were male, which corresponds to the SHS patient population. Participants represented all years of university experience.

Scheduling

Students rated SHS excellent or good on many scheduling issues:

Scheduling issues Percentage satisfaction
Length of time to get an appointment 77%
Flexibility of appointment times 85%
Convenience of office location 91%
Length of time waiting at the office 81%
Scheduling appointments online 52%

Phone accessibility

Students indicated that accessibility of SHS by phone was:

Phone accessibility Percentage satisfaction
Excellent to good 47%
Average to poor 24%
Not applicable 29%

Interactions with personnel

Interactions with physicians, nurses, and clerical staff were also rated excellent to good:

Interactions Percentage satisfaction
Amount of time spent with the health care provider 76%
Explanation of what was done for them 78%
Technical skills (thoroughness, carefulness, competence) 87%
Personal manner (respect, courtesy, sensitivity, friendliness) 90%
Sensitivity to their needs or concerns 81%
Courteousness of clerical staff 91%

Overall service

Students seemed very satisfied with the overall service, rating excellent to good:

Overall service Percentage satisfaction
Getting the help they need 94%
Quality of the visit overall 94%

When asked whether their expectation for service were being met, students indicated that:

Expectation of service Percentage satisfaction
SHS exceeded their expectations for service 34%
SHS met their expectations 64%
SHS did not meet expectations 2%

When asked about their preference for where to go for service, the majority of students would:

Preference on where to go for service Percentage satisfaction
Choose UBC SHS 80%
Prefer to go somewhere else 4%
Not sure 16%

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