Publication: The emotions experienced by family medicine residents and final year medical students during their patient encounters: A qualitative study
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2022-05-15
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Background:
The family medicine residents and final year medical students are challenged with increased workload and
they experience various emotions during their patient encounters. They are confronted with uncertainities in
their role descriptions and they witness illness, sufferings and deaths as part of their everyday duties. Only
several studies have focused on these experiences to find out what the family medicine residents and medical
students were literally feeling. The aim of this study was to explore the family medicine residents and final year
medical students’ emotions during their patient encounters.
Research questions:
What do the family medicine residents and final year medical students feel during their patient encounters?
How do family medicine residents and final year medical students deal with emotionally challenging
situations?
Method:
This qualitative study was performed with 12 family medicine residents and 24 final year medical students
using a convenience sample from two medical faculties to explore and analyse their emotions. Data were
gathered by means of focus group interviews, including six interviews conducted and recorded through online
meetings.
Results:
Three main themes emerged from the data regarding residents’ and students’ emotions. The first theme was
the perceived negative feelings on the climate of clinical settings. The most commonly encountered emotions
were the tension and anxiety followed by frustration and uncertainty. The second theme was the challenge of
reflecting emotions during patient encounters. They stated that they struggled with hiding their emotions from
the patients. The third one was feelings of insufficiency. Both residents and students thought that they had
insufficient medical knowledge and skills.
Conclusions:
The family medicine residents and final year medical students are challenged with emotions during their
patient encounters. Therefore, medical educators have to be aware of the need to sup
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emotions, medical students, family medicine residents, doctor-patient communication
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TANRIÖVER Ö., PEKER Ş., HIDIROĞLU S., KİTAPÇIOĞLU D., YILDIZ İNANICI S., KARAMUSTAFALIOĞLU N., GÜLPINAR M. A., \"The Emotions Experienced by Family Medicine Residents and Final Year Medical Students During Their Patient Encounters: A Qualitative Study\", 94th EGPRN Meeting, 12-15 May 2022, İstanbul, Türkiye, 12 - 15 Mayıs 2022, ss.127