A Cross-sectional Measurement of Medical Student Empathy

Chen, Daniel C.; Lew, Robert A.; Hershman, Warren; Orlander, Jay D.

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“…There is a need to further explore why most Asian students have almost similar scores but lower than the American studies. 8,20,21 The empathy scores at the entry point of medical school is much less than those found in US by Chen et al (115.5), Hojat et al (114.5) but similar to that from Iran (110.3). 8,11,14 The curriculum in this college is different in many respects from medical schools in US, Japan and Iran.…”

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“…8 There were no non-responders as all those present on the day of assessment completed the questionnaire (Table 1). This is in contrast to the poor response rate of third year students (77.2%) in the study by Chen et al 8 in which incidentally a decrease in empathy scores was also found whereas in this study significant decline was evident only in seventh semester. From this study we confirmed our first hypothesis that empathy declines during medical education but it reaches significant level only in seventh semester.…”

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“…8,14 It is during this semester that students have examination for preventive and social medicine, otorhinolaryngology (non-people oriented subjects) and ophthalmology (people oriented) therefore probably are more inclined towards these subjects, which may be an explanation for the change. Katoaka et al have in their study argued that different entrance methods in medical schools and different cultures across various countries may account for variation in empathy.…”

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“…11 Female students were found to have more empathy than male students across various years of medical education. 4,7,8,13 However a Japanese study found no decline in empathy scoring as students progressed from non-clinical to clinical training. 12 In view of such varying empathy findings from different countries, we need to understand empathy among medical students in Indian context.…”

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“…7 The curriculum in India differs from western countries in that clinical rotation starts from second year itself and from Korea and Japan in that there is no humanities content in the curriculum. 12,13 Studies have shown that medical students who plan to pursue people oriented specializations such as internal medicine, family medicine, psychiatry and pediatrics showed higher empathetic scores and across all years of study in medical school than those who choose to pursue technology oriented specialties such as radiology, surgery and anesthesiology 8,14 . These changes were reported more among male students and those selecting noncore subject such as other than internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and psychiatry.…”

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Cross sectional assessment of empathy among undergraduates from a medical college

Shashikumar

Chaudhary

Ryali³

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Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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Undergraduate medical studentsChoice of specialty a b s t r a c t Background: Empathy is essentially a desirable quality among clinicians and can be developed during medical education. Studies from outside India have shown that higher empathy is related to better competency and choice of specialty may be related to empathy levels in them. Change in empathy levels among undergraduate medical students with progressive training has been often ascribed to reasons such as curriculum content, timing of clinical rotations. Gender differences in empathy levels also vary among different countries. Since many of such factors differ in India there is a need therefore to understand empathy and its correlates among medical students in India.Method: A cross sectional study was undertaken in a large medical college among the undergraduates of first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth semesters to measure their empathy levels. The evaluation was done using the Jefferson's Scale for Physician's Empathy-Student version.Results: The study revealed highest empathy at entry level and a significant fall by seventh semester (p ¼ 0.002). Female students had significantly higher empathy levels than male students (p ¼ 0.012) across all semesters. The variance in empathy scores according specialty chosen is not statistically significant (p ¼ 0.2468). Conclusion:The progressive decline in empathy levels with years in medical college here is seen much later than in western studies. Female students are more empathetic than male students. The relation of mean empathy scores and choice of specialty is inconclusive and at variance from other studies.ª 2014, Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS). All rights reserved.* Corresponding author. Tel.: þ91 9657167900 (mobile). E-mail address: sribuj@yahoo.com (R. Shashikumar).Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect journal homepage: w ww.el sevier.com/locate/mjafi m e d i c a l j o u r n a l a r m e d f o r c e s i n d i a 7 0 ( 2 0 1 4 ) 1 7 9 e1 8 5

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El-Haddad

Prvan

Štrkalj

2020

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Many medical schools practice commemorative ceremonies to honor body donors. Attitudes of medical education stakeholders toward these ceremonies have not yet been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to explore anatomy students' attitudes toward commemorations at a multicultural institution which has not introduced these ceremonies yet. A survey was carried out on different groups of anatomy students that were exposed and not yet exposed to human remains. The survey was used to record basic demographic data from the respondents, ask if they would support the establishment of an anatomy commemoration and in which format. A total of 756 anatomy students participated in the survey (response rate 69.8%). The majority (76.3%) were in favor of introducing a commemoration for donors. The associations of students' gender, attitude toward body donation, and level of exposure to human remains with attitudes toward commemoration for donors were identified (P < 0.05), whereas ethnicity and religion seemed to have no influence on attitudes (P > 0.05). Most students believed that anatomy staff and students should organize the commemoration. There was a preference for the commemoration to be secular with revealed identities of donors, and not recorded for social media. The support for the establishment of commemorations transcended cultural and religious differences and confirmed students' respectful attitude toward donors. Anatomy commemorations seem to have potential not only to engage students with one another, and donor families, but also to pave the way for students to become life‐long ethical and empathetic learners and practitioners.

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One medical specialty classification system applicable for research and career counseling is the person‐oriented versus technique‐oriented taxonomy. Given that the model was conceptualized in the 1960s, verification based on how medical specialties are practiced and viewed today is necessary. Five specialists in medical career development and advising verified the categorization of specialties. Based on their review, 100% consensus was reached regarding grouping of specialties. This outcome validates the taxonomy of medical specialties and supports its continued use for medical career specialty advising and choice.

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A Cross-sectional Measurement of Medical Student Empathy

Cited by 430 publications

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Cross sectional assessment of empathy among undergraduates from a medical college

Cross sectional assessment of empathy among undergraduates from a medical college

Attitudes of Anatomy Students toward Commemorations for Body Donors: A Multicultural Perspective

Using the Delphi Method to Classify Medical Specialties

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