Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Psychosomatics. 2011 Jul-Aug;52(4):367-74. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.01.042.
Compassion is an attribute central to professionalism and modern clinical care, yet little is known about how compassion is acquired and preserved in medical training. We sought to understand whether personal illness experiences are thought by residents to foster compassion.
The authors surveyed 155 (71% response rate) second- and third-year residents at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine regarding their views of the relationship of personal life experience with illness to compassion and empathy for patients.
Residents believe that experience with personal health issues enhances physician compassion for patients. Residents who report more personal health concerns, such as physical or mental health problems and family health problems, endorse the connection between direct experience with illness and empathy.
Health care trainees' own illness experiences may increase compassionate patient care practices and foster empathy.
同情心是专业性和现代临床护理的核心属性,但对于如何在医学培训中获得和保持同情心,人们知之甚少。我们试图了解居民是否认为个人患病经历有助于培养同情心。
作者调查了新墨西哥大学医学院的 155 名(71%的回复率)二、三年级住院医师,了解他们对个人生活经历与患者同情心和同理心关系的看法。
住院医师认为个人健康问题的经验增强了医生对患者的同情心。报告更多个人健康问题(如身体或心理健康问题和家庭健康问题)的住院医师更认可直接患病经验与同理心之间的联系。
医疗培训生自己的患病经历可能会增加对患者的关爱,并培养同理心。