Interrogating patient-centredness in undergraduate medical education using an integrated behaviour model

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Figure 1: Model used to understand how students learn patient-centredness. Adapted Integrated Behavior Model of Fishbein (2003).

Table 1: Prompts that were used as part of the semi-structured focus-group interviews

What is meant by the term patient-centredness? How do you understand it?

Think back to a consultation between a doctor and a patient that you observed either in a good or a bad way. Tell us about patient-centredness in that situation.

What in your opinion are the advantages and disadvantages of patient-centredness?

What are both the enablers and obstacles for students and doctors to be patient-centred?

Think back to when you first started to see patients here at medical school. What has changed in the way you interact with patients? Why do you think that is the case?

What incidents influenced your views and practices regarding patient-centredness?