Empathy and specialty preference in medical students. Follow-up study and feedback

Introduction: The evolution of empathy among medical students according to gender and specialty preference is explored using several validated scales. The value of our feedback to the medical students at the end of the study is also assessed. Materials and methods: A total of 151 students completed...

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Autores: Guilera Lladós, Teresa, Batalla, Iolanda, Soler González, Jorge
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Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
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Palabra clave:Empathy
Feedback
Medical education
Medical students
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spelling Empathy and specialty preference in medical students. Follow-up study and feedbackEmpatía y preferencia de especialidad en estudiantes de medicina. Estudio de seguimiento y feedbackGuilera Lladós, TeresaBatalla, IolandaSoler González, JorgeEmpathyFeedbackMedical educationMedical studentsIntroduction: The evolution of empathy among medical students according to gender and specialty preference is explored using several validated scales. The value of our feedback to the medical students at the end of the study is also assessed. Materials and methods: A total of 151 students completed the initial questionnaire, including the following scales: Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE), Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), and Empathy Quotient (EQ). The final questionnaire was completed by 99 of them. Results: According to the EQ classification, it was found that 7.3% of students had low empathy, 49.7% average, 36.4% above average, and 6.6% very high. Empathy was higher among women in IRI-FS, IRI-EC, and EQ. Students who preferred people-oriented specialties score higher in JSPE and EQ. The IRI-Fantasy Scale was the only scale that shows increased scores on follow-up and in students with preference for people-oriented specialties. Discussion: This study shows that most of the medical students in our sample had a good level of empathy. Empathy was unchanged throughout the follow-up. Medical students had different profiles of empathy. In extreme profiles, feedback could offer advice in the process of choosing a specialty to best suit their empathic skills.Introducción: Se explora la evolución de la empatía en estudiantes de medicina utilizando a lavez varias escalas validadas, teniendo en cuenta el sexo y la preferencia de especialidad. Alfinal del estudio se realizó feedback de los resultados a los estudiantes.Materiales y métodos: Ciento cincuenta y un estudiantes de medicina completaron el cues-tionario inicial con las siguientes escalas: Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy, InterpersonalReactivity Index (IRI), Empathy Quotient (EQ) y Systemizing Quotient. Noventa y nueve de ellosfinalizaron el estudio de seguimiento.Resultados: Según la clasificación de la EQ encontramos un 7,3% de estudiantes con bajaempatía, un 49,7% media, un 36,4% por encima de la media y un 6,6% muy alta. La empatíafue mayor en mujeres en IRI-Fantasy Scale, IRI-Empathetic Concern y EQ. En los estudiantescon preferencia de especialidad orientada a las personas la empatía fue mayor en JeffersonScale of Physician Empathy y EQ. IRI-Fantasy Scale fue la única escala que aumentó durante elseguimiento y en los estudiantes con orientación a las personas.Discusión: Este estudio mostró que la mayoría de los estudiantes de medicina de nuestra mues-tra tenían un buen nivel de empatía, y que la empatía apenas se modificó durante el períodode seguimiento. Los estudiantes de medicina tenían diferentes perfiles de empatía, algunos deellos con valores extremos. En estos perfiles el feedback permite ofrecer asesoramiento en elproceso de elegir una especialidad para adaptarse mejor a sus habilidades empáticas.Elsevier2017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2017.07.017http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/62334reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2017.07.017Educación Médica, 2017, núm. 230, p. 1-9cc-by-nc-nd (c) Guilera et al., 2017info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/623342026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Empathy and specialty preference in medical students. Follow-up study and feedback
Empatía y preferencia de especialidad en estudiantes de medicina. Estudio de seguimiento y feedback
title Empathy and specialty preference in medical students. Follow-up study and feedback
spellingShingle Empathy and specialty preference in medical students. Follow-up study and feedback
Guilera Lladós, Teresa
Empathy
Feedback
Medical education
Medical students
title_short Empathy and specialty preference in medical students. Follow-up study and feedback
title_full Empathy and specialty preference in medical students. Follow-up study and feedback
title_fullStr Empathy and specialty preference in medical students. Follow-up study and feedback
title_full_unstemmed Empathy and specialty preference in medical students. Follow-up study and feedback
title_sort Empathy and specialty preference in medical students. Follow-up study and feedback
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Guilera Lladós, Teresa
Batalla, Iolanda
Soler González, Jorge
author Guilera Lladós, Teresa
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Batalla, Iolanda
Soler González, Jorge
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Soler González, Jorge
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Empathy
Feedback
Medical education
Medical students
topic Empathy
Feedback
Medical education
Medical students
description Introduction: The evolution of empathy among medical students according to gender and specialty preference is explored using several validated scales. The value of our feedback to the medical students at the end of the study is also assessed. Materials and methods: A total of 151 students completed the initial questionnaire, including the following scales: Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE), Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), and Empathy Quotient (EQ). The final questionnaire was completed by 99 of them. Results: According to the EQ classification, it was found that 7.3% of students had low empathy, 49.7% average, 36.4% above average, and 6.6% very high. Empathy was higher among women in IRI-FS, IRI-EC, and EQ. Students who preferred people-oriented specialties score higher in JSPE and EQ. The IRI-Fantasy Scale was the only scale that shows increased scores on follow-up and in students with preference for people-oriented specialties. Discussion: This study shows that most of the medical students in our sample had a good level of empathy. Empathy was unchanged throughout the follow-up. Medical students had different profiles of empathy. In extreme profiles, feedback could offer advice in the process of choosing a specialty to best suit their empathic skills.
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