Shaheen Aneela, Mahmood Muhammad Arshad, Zia-Ul-Miraj Muhammad, Ahmad Madeha
Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medicine, The University of Lahore, Pakistan.
Department of Ophthalmology, Al-Aleem Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2020 Jul;70(7):1149-1153. doi: 10.5455/JPMA.301593.
To determine empathy level among undergraduate medical students with respect to gender and the year of study.
The cross-sectional study was conducted at the University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan, from December, 2015, to January, 2016, and comprised undergraduate medical students of either gender in all the five years of their course. Data was collected using the student version of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy. Data was analysed using SPSS 20.
Of the 260 students, 153(58.9%) were females and 107(41.1%) were males. Overall mean empathy level was 90.63±11.55. Females scored higher than males (p<0.05). The highest empathy level was seen among the First Year medical students 93.39±9.11, while the lowest was seen in Third Year students 87.71±13.94.
Overall empathy level was seriously low, indicating the need for curricular reforms.
确定本科医学生在性别和学习年份方面的共情水平。
这项横断面研究于2015年12月至2016年1月在巴基斯坦拉合尔的医学院和牙科学院进行，研究对象包括该课程所有五年制的本科医学生，不限性别。使用杰斐逊医生共情量表学生版收集数据。数据采用SPSS 20进行分析。
260名学生中，153名（58.9%）为女性，107名（41.1%）为男性。总体平均共情水平为90.63±11.55。女性得分高于男性（p<0.05）。一年级医学生的共情水平最高，为93.39±9.11，而三年级学生的共情水平最低，为87.71±13.94。
总体共情水平严重偏低，表明需要进行课程改革。
