Kimmelman Marilyn, Giacobbe Jackie, Faden Justin, Kumar Geetha, Pinckney Charlyene C, Steer Robert
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine, One Medical Center Dr, Stratford, NJ 08084-1500, USA.
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2012 Jun;112(6):347-55.
Empathy is fundamental to patient care. Research studies of allopathic medical students have found a statistically significant decrease in empathy levels by the third year. Levels of empathy in osteopathic medical students have not been evaluated to determine whether a similar decline occurs in this group.
To determine whether there were differences according to year of schooling in mean levels of empathy among osteopathic medical students, as assessed with the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy-Student Version (JSPE-S), and, secondarily, to compare these measures of empathy in osteopathic medical students with those reported elsewhere for allopathic medical students.
The JSPE-S was distributed to students during regularly scheduled classes at the end of the academic year at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford. Responses were anonymous. Data were analyzed by year in osteopathic medical school, sex, planned specialty, and ethnicity. Scores were compared with those of allopathic medical students reported elsewhere.
Of the 415 respondents, 405 (98%) returned questionnaires with complete information, including 187 men (46%) and 218 women (54%). Of these respondents, 208 (51%) were white, 124 (31%) were Asian, and 73 (18%) were of another ethnicity. There were no statistically significant differences by year of schooling in respondents' sex, ethnicity, or specialty orientation and no statistically significant differences by year of schooling in the mean JSPE-S scores.
Levels of empathy in osteopathic medical students were not found to decrease significantly by year of schooling, as reported in other studies for allopathic medical students. However, mean JSPE-S scores for first- and second-year osteopathic medical students were lower than those for first- and second-year allopathic medical students.
同理心是患者护理的基础。针对西医医学生的研究发现，到第三年时，同理心水平在统计学上有显著下降。尚未对整骨医学生的同理心水平进行评估，以确定该群体是否也会出现类似的下降。
使用杰斐逊医生同理心量表学生版（JSPE-S）评估整骨医学生同理心平均水平是否因学年不同而存在差异，其次，将整骨医学生的这些同理心测量结果与其他地方报道的西医医学生的结果进行比较。
在新泽西州斯特拉特福市的大学医学与牙科学院整骨医学院学年末的常规课程期间，将JSPE-S分发给学生。回答是匿名的。数据按整骨医学院的年级、性别、计划专业和种族进行分析。分数与其他地方报道的西医医学生的分数进行比较。
在415名受访者中，405名（98%）返回了包含完整信息的问卷，其中包括187名男性（46%）和218名女性（54%）。在这些受访者中，208名（51%）是白人，124名（31%）是亚洲人，73名（18%）属于其他种族。受访者的性别、种族或专业方向在各学年之间没有统计学上的显著差异，JSPE-S平均分数在各学年之间也没有统计学上的显著差异。
未发现整骨医学生的同理心水平随学年增加而显著下降，这与其他针对西医医学生的研究报道不同。然而，整骨医学院一、二年级学生的JSPE-S平均分数低于西医医学院一、二年级学生。
