LA CONSOLACION UNIVERSITY PHILIPPINES
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
RESEARCH IN MEDICINE I
Name: Shannen Christelle A. Andrade
RESEARCH PROBLEM: A phenomenological study design: How can doctors’ emotional experience
(stress, level of satisfaction, etc.) affect student and patient care and personal well-being?
Exercise 2. OBJECTIVE SETTING
1. General Objectives
To describe how doctors’ emotional experience affect student and patient care and personal
well-being
2. Specific Objectives
To determine subjects in Bulacan, specifically in Bulacan Medical Center and La Consolacion
University Philippines, who fit the criteria and can be interviewed
To identify the different emotional experiences that doctors go through when dealing with
patients and students and why they go through such emotions.
To describe the different effects of these various emotions in patient care and teaching, as
well as self-care.
To describe the ease and difficulties of being a doctor and at the same time an educator in an
institution.
To identify problems encountered during patient care and teaching, as well as self-care.
To propose a solution to help doctors experiencing difficulties in being both a doctor and
educator.
3. Independent Variables
Doctor’s emotional experiences (stress, level of satisfaction, etc.)
4. Dependent Variables
Effects of various emotions in patient care and teaching, as well as self-care.
5. Confounding Variables
Workload of doctors
Time of day
Position of doctors in the workplace
Exercise 3. HYPOTHESIS FORMULATION
1. Null Hypothesis
Doctors’ emotional experiences do not affect patient, student and self-care.
2. Alternative Hypothesis
Doctors’ emotional experiences affect patient, student and self-care.
3. Which is more appropriate for the study?
Alternative Hypothesis
Exercise 4. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
References: Write down Five (5) references with proper citation.
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