Fostering patient-centredness by following patients outside the clinical setting: an interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-centredness is considered a core competency for health professionals. To support faculty in designing courses focused on patient-centredness, an understanding of how educational interventions lead to patient-centredness is required. This study aims to show how learning mechanisms, which potentially contribute to patient-centredness, are triggered.

Methods

Thirty-five third-year medical students at the UMC Utrecht followed four different patients for two years. The intervention took place in an out-of-hospital setting. Students visited patients in their home circumstances and accompanied them to clinical events. Twelve students were interviewed. The realist approach was used to construct configurations which relate components of the intervention to the cont

SUBMITTER: Grau Canet-Wittkampf C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6963999 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature