Empathy in Internal Medicine Residents at Community-based Hospitals: A Cross-sectional Study:

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

JamiForeback¹ 

关键词: Empathy;    medical education;    internal medicine residency;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2382120518771352

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: SAGEYA Publishing Company

【 摘 要 】

Introduction:Many research reports revealed declining empathy in medical schools that continues in postgraduate years of training.Objective:The aim of this study is to examine the self-reported empathy levels of internal medicine (IM) residents in 3 community-based teaching hospitals.Methods:The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy, Health Professionals version, is an online, self-administered, questionnaire that was offered to 129 current and incoming residents at 1 osteopathic and 2 allopathic, IM training programs in Flint, Michigan.Results:Forty-five residents responded (35% response rate). Our residents’ cumulative mean empathy score was 112.5 with a SD of 12.72, which is comparable with the cumulative empathy scores for IM residents at university hospitals. There was an increase in empathy score from the beginning level of training, postgraduate year 0 (PGY0), to the PGY1 level, and a noticeable, although statistically non-significant, decrease in empathy score for both PGY2 and PGY3 residents. The ...

【 授权许可】

CC BY