In a family medicine clerkship, students are required to work with family medicine physician in their clinic to get some hands on experience and develop appropriate clinical skills. This part of the students' education is vital but it has faced multiple challenges including reluctance on the part of the preceptors of having a student accompany them in their own clinic as the impact on the patient may not be clear. For the most part, current data is not decisively conclusive on patient satisfaction with medical student presence in the examination room, especially in a family medicine outpatient setting. This study objective is to clearly identify patients' perception of student involvement and if the hypotheses of this study are true, then family medicine preceptor recruitment may yield more positive results, consequently improving student education. Also, this study provides a solid basis for enhancing medical student education by ensuring the advocacy of their presence by the patients themselves. Results from this study regarding patient comfort and satisfaction will also provide the foundation for more patient centered curricula that takes into account the impact of type of visit, gender of medical student, and patient assessment of their health status on patients' perception of medical student involvement. FMDRL_ID: 3777#LegacyPeerReviewed