How do specialist trainee doctors acquire skills to practice patient-centred care? A qualitative exploration.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The importance of patient-centred care (PCC) has been increasingly recognised. However, there is limited work exploring what doctors actually understand by PCC, and how they perceive they acquire PCC skills in the workplace. The objectives of our study were to explore (1) what UK doctors, in specialist training, perceive to be the essential components of PCC, (2) if/how they acquire these skills, (3) any facilitators/barriers for engaging in PCC and (4) views on their PCC training.

Design

Qualitative study using in-depth individual semi-structured interviews with UK specialist trainees. Interview transcripts were thematically analysed.

Setting and participants

Thirty-one specialist trainee doctors, with at least 4 years postgraduate experience, were intervi

SUBMITTER: Patel V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194471 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature