Empathy levels among health professional students at a large midwestern public university - a cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education

Research

Leonardo Marchini¹  Kelsey Wenger²  Chandler Pendleton²  Xian Jin Xie²  Francis Kuehnle³  Andrea Achenbach³  Jeffrey Reist⁴  Michelle Fravel⁴  Lauren Reist⁴  Laura Knockel⁴  Kimberly Dukes⁵  Manish Suneja⁵ 

[1] Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA;Department of Comprehensive Care, Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, 9601 Chester Ave, 44106, Cleveland, OH, USA;The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA;The University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, IA, USA;The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, Iowa City, IA, USA;The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA;

关键词: Attitude of Health Personnel;    Compassionate care;    Dental Education;    Empathy;    Health Personnel;    Medical Education;    Pharmacy Education;    Nursing education;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-023-04090-x

 received in 2022-06-07, accepted in 2023-02-09,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundEmpathic care is considered extremely important by patients and providers alike but there is still an ample need for assessing empathy among healthcare students and professionals and identifying appropriate educational interventions to improve it. This study aims to assess empathy levels and associated factors among students at different healthcare colleges at the University of Iowa.MethodsAn online survey was delivered to healthcare students, including nursing, pharmacy, dental, and medical colleges (IRB ID #202,003,636). The cross-sectional survey included background questions, probing questions, college-specific questions, and the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professionals Student version (JSPE-HPS). To examine bivariate associations, Kruskal Wallis and Wilcoxon rank sum tests were used. A linear model with no transformation was used in the multivariable analysis.ResultsThree hundred students responded to the survey. Overall JSPE-HPS score was 116 (± 11.7), consistent with other healthcare professional samples. There was no significant difference in JSPE-HPS score among the different colleges (P = 0.532).ConclusionControlling for other variables in the linear model, healthcare students’ view of their faculty’s empathy toward patients and students’ self-reported empathy levels were significantly associated with students’ JSPE-HPS scores.

【 授权许可】

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