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Table 1 Questions and prompts used in focus groups

From: Medical students as health coaches: adding value for patients and students

Prompt focus group questions exploring impacts of the training included:

 • How have you used the health coaching approach with patients?

 • How have your patients responded?

 • Have you used this approach any non-clinical situations?

 • Have you noticed any benefits for you personally?

 • What barriers did you experience in using the approach in practice?

 • What factors supported you to use this approach in practice?

Prompt focus group questions exploring students’ experiences of the training process included:

 • How well do you feel the course prepared you to use coaching approaches with patients?

 • What was the most useful aspect of the course?

 • What was the least useful aspect of the course?

 • What was the most challenging aspect of the course?

 • What was the most surprising aspect of the course?