Applying the Verona coding definitions of emotional sequences (VR-CoDES) to code medical students’ written responses to written case scenarios: Some methodological and practical considerations

Physicians privilege responding to emotional cues in oncologic consultations: A study utilizing Verona Coding Definitions of Emotional Sequences

“…The analysis of the consultations revealed that physicians missed most of the cues/concerns verbalized by patients and frequently demonstrated behaviors that discouraged patients. These data are similar to those found in medical students (Ortwein et al, 2017) who use similar responses applied to clinical case vignettes of experienced physicians, based on the VR-CoDES system. Explicit and implicit empathic responses were infrequent, as were the exploration and recognition of emotions.…”

“…Explicit and implicit empathic responses were infrequent, as were the exploration and recognition of emotions. Nevertheless, unlike Ortwein et al (2017), in the case of the present study, the physicians are experienced in caring for cancer patients and seem to be predominantly focused on the provision of technical information on the disease and treatment. They considered the verbalization of physiological questions, and ended up using interventions with explicit counseling responses in informative and technical manner.…”

“…The literature indicates that 50 international empirical studies have already tested the VR-CoDES (Del Piccolo, 2017). These studies were conducted in different contexts and with different health care providers, such as dental surgeons, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and medical and veterinary students (Del Piccolo et al, 2012;Ortwein et al, 2017;Vatne et al, 2010;Vijfhuizen et al, 2017;Wright et al, 2012). Considering communication as a key tool in provider-patient interaction, the aim of this study was to describe cues and emotional concerns of cancer patients and physicians' responses to their expressions using the Verona Coding Definitions for Emotional Sequences (VR-CoDES).…”

Development and piloting of a Situational Judgement Test for emotion-handling skills using the Verona Coding Definitions of Emotional Sequences (VR-CoDES)

“…They recommended to use this framework as a tool to foster physicians' empathic accuracy [13]. DelPiccolo et al (2017) showed that VR-CoDES is useful to develop interventions to promote proper handling of patients' emotions in medical encounters [14], and Ortwein et al (2017) demonstrated that VR-CoDES is beneficial for analysing medical students' written responses focusing on emotional issues [15].…”

Comunicação Emocional em Saúde: Apresentando a Ferramenta de Codificação de Verona de Sequências Emocionais (VR-CoDES)

“…A aplicação da ferramenta permite avaliar a interação profissional-paciente e codificar pistas e preocupações emocionais e as respostas do profissional de saúde (Finset, 2011;Zimmermann et al, 2011). Essa ferramenta vem sendo aplicada e testada em diversos contextos da área da saúde, como oncologia, pediatria, enfermagem, nutrição, odontologia, farmácia, oftalmologia, psiquiatria e, inclusive, no contexto veterinário (Eikenhorst et al, 2020;Ortwein et al, 2017;Del Piccolo et al, 2012;Park et al, 2019;Vatne et al, 2010;Vijfhuizen et al, 2017;Wright et al, 2012;Yin et al, 2020). Entre 2011 e 2023, após o desenvolvimento da ferramenta, foram publicados mais de 50 estudos na área da comunicação emocional nos contextos de saúde (Otte et al, 2022 ;Romeiro et al, 2023).…”