Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2016 Jan;16(1):86-90. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2015.09.002. Epub 2015 Sep 21.
Empathetic behaviour is regarded as a positive trait amongst healthcare professionals and has been attributed to increased patient compliance, greater patient satisfaction, and greater diagnostic accuracy and reduced rates of clinical errors. In particular, paramedic students have typically displayed lower rates of empathy when compared to their healthcare counterparts. The objective of this study is to assess both the level of empathy and changes in empathy in undergraduate paramedic students over a 3-year period at a single tertiary institution. A cross sectional study employing a convenience sample of first, second and third year undergraduate paramedic students at Monash University. Student empathy scores where measured with the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Profession Student version (JSE-HPS); a validated, self-reporting questionnaire. 552 students were enrolled in the study. The mean overall JSE-HPS score for the cohort was 108.60 (SD = 12.50). Female students displayed significantly higher empathy scores of 110.27 (SD = 11.62) compared to males at 105.36 (SD = 13.57). There was also a significant difference (p = 0.03) noted between the 2008 JSE-HPS score 106.32 (SD = 14.02), when compared to the 2009 cohort, 110.18 (SD = 12.91). Results from this study suggest that paramedic students display lower empathy than those reported by fellow healthcare students within the literature.
同理心行为被认为是医疗保健专业人员的积极特质，它与增加患者依从性、提高患者满意度、提高诊断准确性和降低临床错误率有关。特别是，与医疗保健同行相比，护理专业的学生通常表现出较低的同理心。本研究的目的是评估在单一的三级机构中，本科护理学生在 3 年时间内的同理心水平和同理心变化。采用横断面研究，对莫纳什大学一年级、二年级和三年级的本科护理学生进行便利抽样。学生的同理心得分采用杰斐逊同理心量表-健康职业学生版（JSE-HPS）进行测量；这是一种经过验证的、自我报告的问卷。共有 552 名学生参加了这项研究。该队列的平均总体 JSE-HPS 得分为 108.60（SD=12.50）。与男性 105.36（SD=13.57）相比，女性学生的同理心得分显著更高，为 110.27（SD=11.62）。与 2008 年 JSE-HPS 得分 106.32（SD=14.02）相比，2009 年队列的 JSE-HPS 得分也存在显著差异（p=0.03），为 110.18（SD=12.91）。本研究结果表明，与文献中报道的其他医疗保健专业学生相比，护理专业的学生表现出较低的同理心。
