Table 3 Overview of codes and themes
Codes | Themes |
|---|---|
Students’ perception of the emphatic focus Maturation process Teaching empathy at the university Narrative medicine Communication training Not realistic Health psychology Not enough or good enough Too theoretical Humanities teachers Lack of contextualization Understanding empathy through the meeting/relationship Understand empathy via clinic Linking theory and practice Sympathy—empathy Development in empathy | Experiencing learning through discrimination of relevant parts via contextualization and application |
Study group Empathy demonstration Empathic teachers Empathy helps create a good culture How empathy is addressed Role models Demonstration of empathy X-factor Putting up on a pedestal Affect Hidden influences Overcompensation Narrative medicine Humanities teachers | Experiencing learning as an interpersonal, affective process |
Getting better at empathy Development in empathy Authenticity Clinical empathy | Appropriating the new and the awareness of adequate performance |