Evaluación de la empatía en estudiantes de medicina humana en una universidad pública de la sierra sur del Perú

Educacion Medica

Katerin Ccarita-Yucra^2¹  Jhonatan A. Marroquin-Santa Cruz^2³  Luz Morales-Concha^1⁴  Noe Atamari-Anahui^3⁴ 

[1] Asociación científica de estudiantes de medicina humana (ASOCIEMH-CUSCO), Cusco, Perú;Asociación científica de estudiantes de medicina humana (ASOCIEMH-CUSCO), Cusco, Perú^2;Autor para correspondencia.^1;Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Perú;Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Perú^3

关键词: Empathy;    Medical Student;    Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy;    Peru;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.edumed.2017.04.006

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Fundacion Educacion Medica

【 摘 要 】

Background Empathy is considered the central axis in the doctor-patient relationship, an important aspect in medical practice that influences a better performance of the doctor and medical students. It has been reported that medical students experience a pronounced decline in empathy as they proceed in the profession. Objective To evaluate empathy in medical students of a public university in the south sierra of Peru. Method Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 206 students by stratified random sampling. The Jefferson Scale of Medical Empathy in its version “S, was used as a measurement tool. Results Of the total of 206 students that participated, 53.4% were males, with a mean age of 21.09 years. The overall empathy mean was 87.77, with only 31% of the students obtaining an adequate level of empathy. Slightly higher mean scores were obtained in the men, and the highest scores were obtained in the first and third year, with no significant differences being found. Conclusions It was found that males, students of first and third year, and those who recently started permanent contact with the patient had a higher mean score.

【 授权许可】

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