Touch Me

Verrees, Meg

doi:10.1001/jama.1996.03540160007002

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“…Training humane physicians has long been a concern of the medical profession but has become even more timely in the past few decades. The rapid rise of technology and the resulting shift away from the bedside and into the labs have probably contributed to the public perception that physicians have become too "detached" to care (Kaufman, 1991;Verres, 1996). Many studies have actually supported this view, showing that students and residents alike (Rosenberg, 1957(Rosenberg, , 1965 (Feudtner, Christakis, & Christakis, 1994;Lu, 1995;Self, Schrader, Baldwin, & Wolinsky, 1993).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy: Development and Preliminary Psychometric Data

Hojat¹,

Mangione²,

Nasca³

et al. 2001

Educational and Psychological Measurement

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The present study was designed to develop a brief instrument to measure empathy in health care providers in patient care situations. Three groups participated in the study: Group 1 consisted of 55 physicians, Group 2 was 41 internal medicine residents, and Group 3 was composed of 193 third-year medical students. A 90-item preliminary version of the Empathy scale was developed based on a review of the literature and distributed to Group 1 for feedback. After pilot testing, a revised and shortened 45-item version of the instrument was distributed to Groups 2 and 3. A final version of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy containing 20 items based on statistical analyses was constructed. Psychometric findings provided support for the construct validity, criterion-related validity (convergent and discriminant), and internal consistency reliability (coefficient alpha) of the scale scores.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy: Development and Preliminary Psychometric Data

Hojat¹,

Mangione²,

Nasca³

et al. 2001

Educational and Psychological Measurement

786

739

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“…13,18,19 Considering the evidence relating empathy to desired therapeutic and patient outcomes, it is a potential concern that empathy may be declining in medical and dental students. Authors have lamented the "erosion" of empathy [20][21][22][23] in anecdotal reports that describe the presence of cynicism and lack of compassion in medical students, residents, and practicing physicians. 24, 25 More recently, empirical studies that directly address the question of changing physician empathy suggest that empathy declines among medical students during training.…”

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Changes in Dental Student Empathy During Training

Yarascavitch

Regehr

Hodges

et al. 2009

Journal of Dental Education

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Because empathic patient interactions by dentists are associated with improved patient outcomes, self-reported declines in empathy during dental student training are a concern. This study examined differences in empathy in 178 dental students at the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario from years one through four using an anonymous self-report webbased survey in a cross-sectional design. To localize the effects of training on empathy, an instrument that separately evaluated emotive (Emo) and cognitive (Cog) types of empathy in both personal (Per) and professional (Pro) contexts was developed, using items modified from previously validated scales and resulting in an empathy scale with four thirteen-item subscales (Per-Emo, Per-Cog, Pro-Emo, Pro-Cog). The response rate was 36.5 percent, and all subscales showed good reliability and validity. A 2x2x4 mixed design ANOVA tested differences in mean scores among the four subscales across the four years of training. Following a significant three-way interaction, subanalyses demonstrated no significant effects in the Per-context, but a significant year by empathy-type interaction in the Pro-context. Post hoc analyses of Pro measures indicated year three emotive empathy scores were significantly lower than earlier years, whereas years three and four cognitive empathy scores were significantly higher. This isolated decrease in Pro-Emo empathy with an increase in Pro-Cog empathy is consistent with the development of "professional empathy," described elsewhere as detached concern.Dr. Yarascavitch is a graduate student at

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“…18 Besides the diagnostic value, physical diagnosis and history taking contribute to patient satisfaction, comfort and trust and may even have therapeutic value. [19][20][21] History and examination alone are truly holistic, covering the whole body as well as the mind and the intangible socioeconomic factors. This is especially important, in that, most visits in primary care are motivated primarily by psychosocial, not biomedical problems.…”

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confidence: 99%