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. 2016 Jul 11;16:174. doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0697-y

Table 2.

Relative frequencies of internal medicine ward round competences named in free association or as answers to specific questions

Domain of competence Total Physicians Nurses
(n = 26) (n = 14) (n = 12)
% O % S % O % S % O % S
aCommunication: physician-team/patient 96 100 93 100 100 100
aCollaborative clinical reasoning 77 100 86 100 57 100
aOrganization 69 100 64 100 75 100
aSelf-management 46 100 64 100 25 100
aTeamwork 27 100 29 100 25 100
aManagement of difficult situations 19 100 29 100 8 100
aError management 4 100 7 100 0 100
aProfessionalism 27 92 29 86 25 100
aEmpathy 54 85 64 71 42 100
aPatient-management 42 73 57 79 25 67
aClinical skills 54 69 64 93 42 42
aTeaching and learning abilities 19 62 29 93 8 25
Medical knowledge 58 42 64 57 50 25
Communication: physician-relatives 0 15 0 14 0 17
Leading the patient 12 0 21 0 0 0
Social competences 8 0 7 0 8 0

O Open Percentage of experts who named the competence as answer to the open question concerning which competences/tasks/abilities are needed

S Structured: Percentage of experts who emphasised the competence as relevant in questions directly asking about the specific competence

aknown from prior research