Table 2.

Categories and sub-categories for the theme “intertwined nature of the human spirit in clinical education”

Open code	Category	Theme
Dealing with the health of society Importance of human relationship in clinical education for patients Acquisition of humanitarian and humanistic skills through clinical education Intangibility of treatment errors for all and importance of attention to patient rights	Humanistic values in clinical education	Intertwined nature of the human spirit in clinical education
Patients has the central role in problem identification and hypotheses generation and initiator of education Patient as the source of original information Patient as the educational content Patient-centeredness in clinical education instead of disease- and reference-centeredness Uniqueness of each patient and the need for diagnoses tailored to the patient needs Respecting autonomy and rights of patients while educating students	Patient as the axis of clinical education