A European evaluation of the patients’ role in clinical education: A six-country cross sectional study

Psychometric testing of the facilitative student–patient relationship scale within six EUROPEAN countries

“…At the factor level, both were assessed at good level (Mean 3.8–4.3, SD 0.7–0.7) (Table 1). The detailed results of students' self‐assessed relationship with their patients have been reported elsewhere (Koskinen et al, 2022).…”

“…As the data from individual countries is limited and the role of the patient differs between the countries enrolled (Biddle et al, 2021; Rosengren et al, 2021), further country‐specific validation testing of the FSPR Scale with more representative samples and at different stages of students' education is paramount in relation to the language and cultural context and the organization of education and healthcare system in each country. The variation in the cultural context and the organization of education and health care in each country in terms of differences in models and realization of clinical education (Koskinen et al, 2022; Suikkala et al, 2018; Visiers‐Jiménez et al, 2021) and patient participation in health care (Biddle et al, 2021; Dent & Majda Pahor, 2015; Molina‐Mula & Gallo‐Estrada, 2020; Rosengren et al, 2021) might be related to how patients' participation in their care and decision‐making is advanced and how patients are understood and involved in students' clinical education as appreciated partners (McCarron et al, 2019). Moreover, variation in the focus of learning, for example working independently and assuming responsibility for one patient or a few patients, or clinical leadership at unit level in the last clinical placement before graduation, needs to be taken into consideration when interpreting the results (Scammell et al, 2020).…”

“…The detailed results of students' self-assessed relationship with their patients have been reported elsewhere (Koskinen et al, 2022).…”

“…The abridged version of the 13-item SPR scale entitled Facilitative Student-Patient Relationship scale (FSPR) provides information about the patient-centred care approach in a relationship where students work together with patients in mutual understanding, thus fostering their professional interpersonal caring attributes, and where patients are engaged as active participants in their own care. (Koskinen et al, 2022;Suikkala, 2007). In this relationship, students encounter individual patients on a personal level and in dialogical interaction with an aim of identifying individual health and well-being needs together with each patient.…”

“…The choice of educational institutions providing general nursing degree programmes reflected the European educational institutions in terms of education providers (universities, universities of applied sciences, colleges, nursing schools of hospitals) and geographical coverage (northern, central, western and southern Europe). The sample size determined for the entire research project and based on the Nurse Competence Scale (NCS, Meretoja et al, 2004) indicated that the minimum requirement from each country was 156 participants (Koskinen et al, 2022).…”