The Relationship between Empathy and Medical Education System, Grades, and Personality in Medical College Students and Medical School Students

Lee, Byung Kuk; Bahn, Geon Ho; Lee, Won Hye; Park, Jun Heon; Yoon, Tai Young; Baek, Sang Bin

doi:10.3946/kjme.2009.21.2.117

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“…The subjects were MC and MS students in the same medical course in the second, third and fourth year at Kyung Hee University in 2008, who had participated in the same questionnaire survey one year previously, in 2007 [10]. …”

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“…As was the case in the first questionnaire survey in 2007 [10], the students filled in the questionnaires just after the final examination of the second semester, in 2008. A total of 200 MC and 152 MS students were recruited for the first survey in 2007, but 57 students with incomplete answers were excluded, leaving the data of 155 MC and 137 MS students for the final analysis.…”

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“…One of the goals in a curriculum for medical education includes improvement of empathy [4]. There has been a number of studies reporting on changes in empathy and empathy-related factors after medical training experience [5-10]. Many of them [6-8] .…”

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“…A study on empathy of medical school students conducted at a Korean medical school also revealed that later years of training were associated with significantly better empathy [10]. One explanation for these different findings is that empathy increased as a result of differences in medical education system, but there has been insufficient number of studies to be confident that such a causal relationship exists.…”

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“…The present study represented a follow-up to an initial investigation of comparing two medical education systems [10] and aimed to explore further the relationship between the medical education systems, of medical colleges (MC) and medical schools (MS), and empathy, by investigating the changes in the same groups of students after each year of medical education to determine whether the difference in empathy originally found between the two medical education systems was maintained one year later or not.…”

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Changes of empathy in medical college and medical school students: 1-year follow up study

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BackgroundThis study aims to determine the correlation between medical education systems, medical college (MC) and medical school (MS), and empathy by investigating the changes in empathy among students with each additional year of medical education.MethodsThe subjects were MC and MS students who had participated in the same study the previous year. All participants completed the same self-report instruments: a questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics, and the Korean edition of the Student Version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE-S-K), Among 334 students, the final analysis was conducted on the data provided by 113 MC and 120 MS students, excluding 101 with incomplete data.ResultsThe age and sex did not affect the changes in empathy. Though the JSE-S-K score of MS was significantly higher than that of MC in initial investigation, this study found no difference of empathy between MC and MS.ConclusionEmpathy increased significantly after one year of medical education. The difference between two education systems, MC and MS, did not affect the changes in empathy.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Potential use of δ 13C, δ 15N, N concentration, and Ca/Al of Pinus densiflora tree rings in estimating historical precipitation pH

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Purpose The chemistry of annual tree growth rings is affected by precipitation pH, and tree rings store information on environmental conditions at the time of ring formation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential use of tree ring chemistry data in estimating historical precipitation pH using the relationship between precipitation pH and tree ring chemistry. Materials and methods Red pine (Pinus densiflora) stem disks were collected from a forest in southern Korea and analyzed for C isotope ratio ( 13 C/ 12 C, expressed as δ 13 C), N concentration, N isotope ratio ( 15 N/ 14 N, expressed as δ 15 N), and molar Ca/Al in annual growth rings. Correlation analysis was conducted for the relationship between tree ring chemistry and precipitation pH between 1992 and 2005 for which such data were available. A regression equation between precipitation pH and tree ring chemistry was then developed using stepwise multiple regression analysis. Results and discussion We found that between 1992 and 2005, δ 15 N (−0.4‰ to −2.7‰) and Ca/Al (11.6 to 7.3) decreased in the growth rings (all significant at α=0.05) with precipitation pH decreased from 5.7 to 5.0, while the amount of NO x emission increased from 12.7 to 22.1 thousand tons between 1999 and 2005 in the study area. The decreased δ 15 N and Ca/Al in the tree rings associated with the decreasing precipitation pH seemed to reflect increased N deposition originated from NO x emission that is known to be depleted in 15 N relative to the soil mineral N and reduction in Ca availability due to soil acidification. The regression model indicated that mean annual precipitation pH values before the late 1990s at the study site fluctuated between 5.5 and 6.8; thereafter, it showed a decreasing pattern below 5.4 (the lowest measured and estimated pHs were 5.2 and 5.0, respectively) in the mid2000s with increasing NO x emission. Conclusions The significant correlation of precipitation pH with δ 15 N and Ca/Al in tree rings suggested that it may be possible to use tree ring chemistry to estimate historical precipitation pH. However, δ 13 C and N concentration of tree rings were not useful as indicators of acid precipitation in this study, as δ 13 C is an integrator of many environmental factors that affect gas exchange and inter-ring movement of N towards the outermost ring may mask time-related information regarding N availability. Further research is needed to validate the model in regions where long-term precipitation pH records are available.

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Effects of micro- and subtle-expression reading skill training in medical students: A randomized trial

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The Relationship between Empathy and Medical Education System, Grades, and Personality in Medical College Students and Medical School Students

Cited by 35 publications

References 13 publications

Changes of empathy in medical college and medical school students: 1-year follow up study

Changes of empathy in medical college and medical school students: 1-year follow up study

Potential use of δ 13C, δ 15N, N concentration, and Ca/Al of Pinus densiflora tree rings in estimating historical precipitation pH

Effects of micro- and subtle-expression reading skill training in medical students: A randomized trial

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