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Table 1 List of dilemma themes during clinical clerkship

From: The hidden hurdles of clinical clerkship: unraveling the types and distribution of professionalism dilemmas among South Korean medical students

Themes

Sub-themes

N

%

Complex N

Complex

%

1. Identity

1–1. Being excluded from learning opportunities (from professors, nurses, patients)

1–2. Voluntarily or involuntarily concealing clerkship status (from patients)

92

35.80%

28

10.89%

2. Abuse

2 − 1. Chores unrelated to patient-care performed by students or colleagues

2–2. Unfairly scolding students or colleagues

2–3. “Nun-chi” (walking on eggshells) *

65

25.29%

9

3.50%

3. Mismatch *

3 − 1. Difference between knowledge and workplace

3 − 2. Difference between specialties

58

22.57%

4

1.56%

4. Dignity

4 − 1. Discrimination

4 − 2. Physical violation

4 − 3. Violation of right to know

4–4. Privacy violation

45

17.51%

18

7.00%

5. Consent

5 − 1. Conducting physical examination without the patient’s consent

5 − 2. Skipping the consent process to accomplish the task

18

7.00%

8

3.11%

6. Safety

6 − 1. Commission

6 − 2. Omission

6 − 3. Safety violation

13

5.06%

5

1.95%

7. E-professionalism

-

2

0.78%

0

0.00%

Total

 

293a

114.01%b

36c

14.01%

  1. *Newly added theme and sub-theme
  2. aA total of 257 narratives were used in the analysis, and 293 codes were derived, including those calculated in duplicate
  3. bTotal codes number 293
  4. cAs each complex dilemma story had two codes, the number of complex dilemmas = (the number of codes) 72/2