Table 3.
The Humanistic Teaching Practices Effectiveness (HTPE) Questionnaire, with Aggregate Data for Participants and Controls for Each Question
| Question | Average score participants as a percentage (n = 52) | Average score of controls as a percentage (n = 94) | % Difference between scores of participants and controls (rounded) | Wilcoxon P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Listens carefully to connect with others | 88 % | 85 % | 3.5 % | 0.12 |
| 2. Inspires me to grow personally and professionally | 88 % | 83 % | 5.7 % | 0.038 |
| 3. Skillfully recognizes and supports emotions of patients, team, and self in difficulty situations | 89 % | 83 % | 5.2 % | 0.026 |
| 4. Actively uses teaching opportunities to illustrate humanistic care | 87 % | 83 % | 4.2 % | 0.096 |
| 5. Stimulates reflection by the team on our approach to the patient | 88 % | 82 % | 6.2 % | 0.010 |
| 6. Helps me use personal and social information about patients in their care | 88 % | 84 % | 4 % | 0.043 |
| 7. Serves as outstanding role model for how to build strong relationships with learners as well as patients | 89 % | 84 % | 5.0 % | 0.051 |
| 8. Explicitly teaches communication and relationship building skills | 84 % | 78 % | 6.6 % | 0.011 |
| 9. Inspires me to adopt caring attitudes towards patients | 89 % | 83 % | 5.8 % | 0.010 |
| 10. Patients and learners come to know him/her as both a good clinician and a caring person | 90 % | 86 % | 4.6 % | 0.11 |
Numbers in bold are statistically significant