Department of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Teach Learn Med. 2010 Jul;22(3):167-71. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2010.488191.
Empathy is an essential element of physician professionalism. Thus, proper evaluation and education of empathy in medical students is important for medical education.
This study was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Korean Student-Version of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE-S).
The scale was completed cross-sectionally by 493 medical students at Seoul National University College of Medicine in Korea.
Item-total correlations were all positive and statistically significant. Cronbach's coefficient alpha was 0.84. A factor structure similar to that from American medical students was observed. The mean score of 5.2 +/- 0.6 was obtained. Significant differences in the empathy scores were observed among years in medical school but not between genders.
Our findings provide support for the reliability and validity of the Korean JSPE-S and indicate that it can serve as a useful instrument for assessing empathy among Korean medical students.
同理心是医生职业素养的重要组成部分。因此,对医学生的同理心进行适当的评估和教育对于医学教育至关重要。
本研究旨在评估韩国医学生版 Jefferson 医生同理心量表(JSPE-S)的心理测量特性。
该量表由韩国首尔国立大学医学院的 493 名医学生进行横断面研究。
各条目与总分均呈正相关且具有统计学意义。克朗巴赫α系数为 0.84。观察到与美国医学生相似的因子结构。平均得分为 5.2±0.6。在医学院的不同年级之间,同理心得分存在显著差异,但在性别之间没有差异。
我们的研究结果支持韩国版 JSPE-S 的可靠性和有效性,并表明它可以作为评估韩国医学生同理心的有用工具。