A comparison of medical students’ self-reported empathy with simulated patients’ assessments of the students’ empathy

Berg, Katherine; Majdan, Joseph F.; Berg, Dale; Veloski, J. Jon; Hojat, Mohammadreza

doi:10.3109/0142159x.2010.530319

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“…High influencers also received significantly higher scores from the ''patients'' during their simulated patient experiences. Similar findings are reported by Berg et al (2011) who found that medical students with higher interpersonal skills (reflected in their scores on the JSE) received higher ratings of competence by simulated patients. It is important to note that whereas empathy scores for this specific study were assessed at matriculation, the simulated patient assessments were conducted during the students' third year.…”

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“…In a study of 248 third year medical students, scores on the JSPPPE assessed by 10 simulated patients in the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) stations were significantly correlated ( r = .87, P < .01) with the simulated patients’ global ratings of students’ empathy and support (28). …”

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Patient Perceptions of Clinician’s Empathy

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The prominence of reciprocal understanding in patient–doctor empathic engagement implies that patient perception of clinician’s empathy has an important role in the assessment of the patient–clinician relationship. In response to a need for an assessment tool to measure patient’s views of clinician empathy, we developed a brief (5-item) instrument, the Jefferson Scale of Patient Perceptions of Physician Empathy (JSPPPE). This review article reports evidence in support of the validity and reliability of the JSPPPE.

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“…Also, significant associations were observed between students’ JSE scores and ratings of clinical competence given by standardized patients in 10 Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) stations (Berg et al 2011, 2015). …”

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The Jefferson Scale of Empathy: a nationwide study of measurement properties, underlying components, latent variable structure, and national norms in medical students

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The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) is a broadly used instrument developed to measure empathy in the context of health professions education and patient care. Evidence in support of psychometrics of the JSE has been reported in health professions students and practitioners with the exception of osteopathic medical students. This study was designed to examine measurement properties, underlying components, and latent variable structure of the JSE in a nationwide sample of first-year matriculants at U.S. colleges of osteopathic medicine, and to develop a national norm table for the assessment of JSE scores. A web-based survey was administered at the beginning of the 2017–2018 academic year which included the JSE, a scale to detect “good impression” responses, and demographic/background information. Usable surveys were received from 6009 students enrolled in 41 college campuses (median response rate = 92%). The JSE mean score and standard deviation for the sample were 116.54 and 10.85, respectively. Item-total score correlations were positive and statistically significant (p < 0.01), and Cronbach α = 0.82. Significant gender differences were observed on the JSE scores in favor of women. Also, significant differences were found on item scores between top and bottom third scorers on the JSE. Three factors of Perspective Taking, Compassionate Care, and Walking in Patient’s Shoes emerged in an exploratory factor analysis by using half of the sample. Results of confirmatory factor analysis with another half of the sample confirmed the 3-factor model. We also developed a national norm table which is the first to assess students’ JSE scores against national data.

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A comparison of medical students’ self-reported empathy with simulated patients’ assessments of the students’ empathy

Abstract: While significant associations exist between students' self-reported scores on the JSPE and SPs' evaluations of students' empathy, the associations are not large enough to conclude that the two evaluations are redundant.

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Identifying potential engaging leaders within medical education: The role of positive influence on peers

Identifying potential engaging leaders within medical education: The role of positive influence on peers

Patient Perceptions of Clinician’s Empathy

The Jefferson Scale of Empathy: a nationwide study of measurement properties, underlying components, latent variable structure, and national norms in medical students

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