Assessment of Attitude and Knowledge of Law Students towards “Tele-evidence” Facility for Doctors Choudhary R1, Shetty BSK2,*, Shetty PH3, Salian D4, Shetty T5, Sharma AP6 1Resident MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 2Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 3Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 4Assistant Professor, Department of Law, SDM Law College, Kodialbail, Mangalore 5Professor, Department of Law, SDM Law College, Kodialbail, Mangalore 6PhD Research Scholar, School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore *Corresponding Author, Dr. B. Suresh Kumar Shetty, Email : suresh.shetty@manipal.edu, Mobile No.: +91 9886092392
Online Published on 26 July, 2024. Abstract Adoctor’s role not only includes patient care but also to provide evidence in the court as and when called upon to do so. Evidence giving in the court leads to an additional burden on the doctor with regards to the time and money spent on travelling, cancellation of the hearing after reaching the court, etc. An alternative for all these problems can be tele-evidence. This study aims to know the attitude and perception of final year undergraduate law students towards tele-evidence facilities for doctors. A cross sectional study was done using a questionnaire-based survey. The Likert scale questionnaire was used to assess the attitude, and the Cronbach alpha coefficient checked the Likert items’ internal consistency. The analysis of the data was done using SPSS version 25. When summarised by median and mode for the individual Likert items, the results showed that the final year undergraduate law students have a positive outlook towards tele-evidence facilities for doctors but lack exposure to such advances. A study taking into account the opinion of practising lawyers and judges, especially those who have done court hearings using tele-evidence facilities for doctors, needs to be done. Top Keywords Doctors’ roles, Burden on doctors, Tele-evidence, Court hearings. Top |