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Table 1 Order of self-assessed performance level of the ten facets of competence (FOC) compared to physicians’ ranking of the competences’ importance for beginning residents

From: Final-year medical students’ self-assessment of facets of competence for beginning residents

FOC

Final year students

(n = 1083)a

Physicians [10]

(n = 202)

Difference

Teamwork and collegiality

1

3

+ 2

Empathy and openness

2

4

+ 2

Responsibility

3

1

−2

Active listening to patients

4

7

+ 3

Knowing and maintaining own personal bounds and possibilities

5

2

−3

Ethical awareness

6

9

+ 3

Coping with mistakes

7

6

−1

Structure, work planning and priorities

8

5

−3

Verbal communication with colleagues and supervisors

9

10

+ 1

Scientifically and empirically grounded method of working

10

8

−2

  1. aFOCs’ order of mean self-assessed level of performance: 1 being the FOC with the highest mean level, 10 being the FOC with the lowest mean level