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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Sep 29;52(5):727–736. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.05.018

Table 1.

Semiscripted Protocol Developed by Expert, Interdisciplinary Panel for HMS and HDS Student Focus Groups, and Individual Harvard Medical and Harvard Divinity Faculty/Staff Interviews

One of the purposes of these focus groups is to develop an elective course that facilitates students’ reflection on psychological, moral, and spiritual experiences in caring for patients and that trains future professional caregivers in practices of self-care. What might be the specific components of such a course?

  1. Do you feel there would be significant interest among the student body in such a course? Do you feel there would be interest among the faculty in this course?

  2. Ultimately, there exists the possibility for a longitudinal component woven into all four years of medical school; do you think there would be value in such an experience as well?a

HMS = Harvard Medical School; HDS = Harvard Divinity School.

a

This question was only posed to HMS faculty and students, not to HDS participants.