Table 1 Uncertainty role play scenarios

Scenario 1

This conversation takes place in a quiet room off a ward in a busy teaching hospital. A clinical educator meets with final-year medical student Alice (right), who is on a general medicine rotation. Alice has just returned from a difficult interview with an elderly patient who was admitted to the ward with symptoms of pneumonia. (Adapted from: Steinauer, J. E., O’Sullivan, P., Preskill, F., ten Cate, O., & Teherani, A. (2018). What Makes “Difficult Patients” Difficult for Medical Students?. Academic Medicine, 93(9), 1359-1366.)

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Scenario 2

This conversation takes place in a small group teaching room of a university. Two first-year nursing students are attending a problem-based learning (PBL) session that takes place during a module on infectious disease prevention. The guidelines and facilities provided for the activity are less than optimal, and Dena (right) is confused. (Adapted from: Biley, F. and Smith, K. (1999). Making sense of problem-based learning: the perceptions and experiences of undergraduate nursing students. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 30(5), pp.1205-1212.)

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