It is in agreement with research findings that when
encounters with patients are a rewarding experience that
give rise to positive emotions such as a sense of success
and self-confidence [28-30], the encounters can increase
students’ work motivation [31], hence facilitate their
learning about caring while working in the clinical field.
Besides, the positive feedback from the patient experienced
by the participant showed that they had established
a facilitative student-patient relationship focusing
on the common good for both the student and the patient,
which is seen as supporting the learning of care
[32,33]. It is noteworthy that student-patient relationship
includes aspects of both caring and learning, which is
seen as an important part of meaningful learning and is
connected with students’ personal and professional
growth [34].