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Table 2 Categories and sub-categories for the theme “intertwined nature of the human spirit in clinical education”

From: Humanism in clinical education: a mixed methods study on the experiences of clinical instructors in Iran

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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