Table 3 Coding of short answer responses with corresponding examples and number of responses
From: Patient participation in medical student teaching: a survey of hospital patients
Code* | Example | Number responses % (n) |
|---|---|---|
A. Why did you participate in the teaching experience? | ||
To help student learn | “to help those learning to be doctors understand human connection” | 52 (56) |
To help future patients | “hopefully what the student learns will help someone else” | 7 (7) |
Combination of 1 and 2, being helpful in general | “help future drs and patients” | 12 (13) |
To learn from student | “to try and learn about my condition. It was explained to me very well. All questions were answered very well” | 7 (7) |
Fun, bored, passing time | “it looked interesting” | 7 (8) |
Giving back to institution | “this has been a large part of mayo and its history - it is a learning institution” | 3 (3) |
Opportunity to talk | “I had a good story to share” | 4 (4) |
“Because they asked” | “I was politely asked” | 7 (8) |
“Right thing to do” | “it was the right thing to do” | 1 (1) |
B: What was the best part of participating in teaching? | ||
Helping student learn | “helping the students learn about different medical issues” | 38 (39) |
Helping future patients | “knowing they can help others and feel comfortable with patients | 1 (1) |
Combination of 1 and 2, being helpful in general | “Knowing that I am helping someone learn their passion of becoming a doctor someday and to know that they will help another patient in their care and saving someone’s life someday” | 12 (12) |
Being part of process, seeing students grow | “seeing how interested the student was in my medical problems” | 15 (16) |
Opportunity to talk and be vulnerable | “feeling like I could be honest” | 3 (3) |
Learning from student | “I learned more about the symptoms of my disease” | 14 (15) |
Giving back to institution | “Knowing they were being trained at an excellent hospital” | 2 (2) |
Vague/not specifically coded | “all of it” | 14 (15) |
Break from boredom | “the conversation broke up the monotony” | 1 (1) |
C: What was the worst part of participating in teaching? | ||
None | “nothing! It was great and I’m happy to help” | 88 (97) |
Difficult to share/be the subject | “having to talk about/go over what happened again” “Feeling like in a zoo (observation)” “Discussing my issues with alcoholism and bulimia” | 5 (6) |
Difficult environment to teach in | “that it was interrupted due to procedures” | 2 (2) |
Nervous | “I was nervous” | 1 (1) |
Negative experience with a student | “one student was very assertive in his touch, almost causing some pain as he poked/prodded” | 1 (1) |
Too long | “a little long” | 1 (1) |
Tired | “I was tired, it was late” | 1 (1) |
Not long enough | “the student only asked 1 question” | 1 (1) |