Table 1 Interview guideline
Medical empathy | |
What does it mean from your point of view to be an empathetic doctor? | |
Please describe your own empathy in patient contact. | |
Empathy with patients | |
Which value do you attach to being empathetic with patients? | |
How do you handle patients‘emotions and feelings? | |
Did you encounter situations in which it was hard for you to understand and cater to a patient’s feelings and views, hence being empathetic? Can you describe these situations? | |
In which situations was it easier for you to cater to a patient’s feelings and views? | |
Only for students in the final clinical year: Would you say, that your manner of handling patients and catering to their feeling has changed through the experiences you made until now in your final clinical year? Please describe … | |
Thinking of your clinical experiences until now, would you say that there is a difference between your empathy in your private life and your empathy with the patients? Please describe … | |
Empathy in the course of studies | |
What aspects of your studies have helped you to develop empathy with patients? | |
What aspects of your studies have hindered you to develop empathy with patients? | |
Do you have wishes or suggestions for the future concerning empathy in medical education? | |
Has your empathy changed during your course of studies? | |
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Do you want to add something concerning empathy or empathy in medical education? |