All other patient-centred, physician-centred and healthcare utilisation measurements will be assessed at baseline, 6 weeks and 3 months (online supplementary appendix 1).
The apparent benefits of ECE include exposure to the health care system, instilling the qualities of a patient-centred humanistic physician and increasing motivation for classroom learning [ 7].
All other patient-centred and physician-centred measurements and healthcare utilisation measurements will be assessed at baseline, 6 weeks and 3 months (online supplementary appendix 1).
Moreover, from the focus groups we had the impression that nurses are found to be more patient-centred than physicians.
It has been suggested that the ideal medical interview integrates the patient-centred and physician-centred approaches: the patients should lead in areas where they are the experts (symptoms, preferences, concerns); the doctors should lead in their domain of expertise (details of disease, treatment).
Both the instrumental, physician-centred orientation and the affective, patient-centred orientation are included in those core-aspects.
The Greek health system is still physician-centred rather than multidisciplinary [ 46].
There is also an argument that using standardised tools to assess and record relevant information may create a more physician-centred, or template-directed, consultation [ 10- 12].
Research indicates that the initial step in implementing a team-based approach in PHC involves a shift from physician-centred practices to "goal-oriented" practices defined by a physician-led team [ 2].
Nurse-led follow-up is an alternative to physician-centred care (Lewis et al, 2009a) and non face-to-face review, such as by telephone, may be equally effective (Davies and Batehup, 2011).
A systemic analysis of the literature on an effective strategy for addressing shortages of Human Resources for Health in HIV treatment and care revealed that task shifting offers high-quality, cost-effective care to more patients than a physician-centred model.
