Medical ward round competence in internal medicine – an interview study towards an interprofessional development of an Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA)

Table 2 Relative frequencies of internal medicine ward round competences named in free association or as answers to specific questions

Domain of competence	Total		Physicians		Nurses
	(n = 26)		(n = 14)		(n = 12)
	% O	% S	% O	% S	% O	% S
^aCommunication: physician-team/patient	96	100	93	100	100	100
^aCollaborative clinical reasoning	77	100	86	100	57	100
^aOrganization	69	100	64	100	75	100
^aSelf-management	46	100	64	100	25	100
^aTeamwork	27	100	29	100	25	100
^aManagement of difficult situations	19	100	29	100	8	100
^aError management	4	100	7	100	0	100
^aProfessionalism	27	92	29	86	25	100
^aEmpathy	54	85	64	71	42	100
^aPatient-management	42	73	57	79	25	67
^aClinical skills	54	69	64	93	42	42
^aTeaching and learning abilities	19	62	29	93	8	25
Medical knowledge	58	42	64	57	50	25
Communication: physician-relatives	0	15	0	14	0	17
Leading the patient	12	0	21	0	0	0
Social competences	8	0	7	0	8	0

O Open Percentage of experts who named the competence as answer to the open question concerning which competences/tasks/abilities are needed
S Structured: Percentage of experts who emphasised the competence as relevant in questions directly asking about the specific competence
^aknown from prior research

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