Theme | Kolb’s ELT | ||
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I. Mixed feelings associated with providing care for dying patients | |||
1 | Dilemmas in confronting the reality of medical uncertainty | Experience | |
2 | Disrupted self-efficacy due to miscommunication in stressful situations | ||
3 | Feelings of guilt and powerlessness both as a person and as a doctor | ||
II. Reflections on the experience of providing care for dying patients | |||
1 | The importance of facing patients’, families’ and one’s own emotions | Reflection | |
2 | Broadening of perspectives from individual communication to inter-professional communication | ||
3 | Renewed awareness from a disease-oriented cure to a palliative care-oriented treatment of pain relief | ||
III. Rebuilding awareness for EOL care | |||
1 | A desire for communication that anticipates the future of patients and patients’ families and patient-centered care | Conceptualization/Planning | |
2 | Self-awareness of professional identity and the desire to continually develop skills |