Table 1.
Overview of focus group studies
| Focus group interviews | Research questions |
|---|---|
| Patients | |
| 1. Patients with a chronic disease 2. Patient with an oncologic condition 3. Mix of patients with an oncologic condition and patients with a chronic disease |
- Why should patient education be performed? - What subjects should patient education address? - What is the vision of patients on the principle of the training program? - How should the training program look like according to patients? |
| Care professionals | |
| 1. Care professionals of the department of the patients with a chronic disease 2. Care professionals of the department of the patients with an oncologic condition |
- What is the current effort regarding patient education at the clinical departments for patients with an oncologic or chronic disease? - What is the vision of care professionals on the principle of the training program? - What subjects should patient education for patients with a chronic or oncologic condition address in the training program? - What subjects should medical education for students address in the training program? - How should the training program look like according to care professionals? |
| Students | |
| 1. Interprofessional group of medical and nursing students 2. Medical students 3. Nursing students |
- What is the vision of students on the principle of the training program? - What subjects should medical education address in the training program? - What subjects should patient education address in the training program? - How should the training program look like according to students? |
| Education professionals | |
| 1. Medical education professionals of the Radboudumc. | - What is the vision of education professionals on the principle of the training program? - What educational methods can be applied in the training program to provide patient and medical education for patients, students and care professionals? |
Legend: Overview of the design of the focus group studies. The first column shows the participants of the focus groups interviews. The second column shows the research questions for the focus group interviews per group (patients, students, care professionals and education professionals)