Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Rovaniemi Health Center, Rovaniemi, Finland.
BMC Med Educ. 2021 Feb 18;21(1):114. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02549-3.
Empathy and self-reflection have been studied among medical students, but fewer studies have examined the presence of these attributes among dental students and investigated the correlation between empathy and self-reflection.
First-year dental and medical students (n = 198) beginning their studies at the University of Oulu, Finland in August 2017 participated in this study, which was conducted via an internet-based questionnaire. Data were collected on personal characteristics and scores on Davis's Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) and Roberts's Self Reflection and Insight Scale (SRIS).
Differences in IRI scores between dental and medical students were significant only in male students and in two IRI domains. Mean (SD) scores for male dental and medical students were personal distress, 8.2 (4.0) and 10.7 (3.1) (p = 0.022); empathic concern, 15.0 (4.0) and 16.9 (3.5) (p = 0.054). Mean SRIS scores did not differ between sexes or training programs. Positive correlations (r = - 0.3-0.65) were observed between some empathy and self-reflection subscales.
A lower degree of empathy was observed among male dental students than in male medical students. A positive correlation between empathy and self-reflection was demonstrated in both study groups and sexes. However, more research in this field is warranted.
同理心和自我反思在医学生中已经得到研究，但很少有研究考察这些属性在牙科学生中的存在情况，并调查同理心和自我反思之间的相关性。
2017 年 8 月，芬兰奥卢大学的一年级牙科和医学专业的学生（n=198）参加了这项研究，该研究通过互联网问卷进行。收集了个人特征以及 Davis 的人际反应指数（IRI）和 Roberts 的自我反思和洞察量表（SRIS）的得分数据。
牙科和医学专业学生的 IRI 得分差异仅在男生和两个 IRI 领域中具有统计学意义。男生牙科和医学专业学生的平均（SD）得分分别为个人困扰，8.2（4.0）和 10.7（3.1）（p=0.022）；共情关注，15.0（4.0）和 16.9（3.5）（p=0.054）。男女之间或培训项目之间的 SRIS 得分均无差异。在两个研究组和性别中，观察到一些同理心和自我反思子量表之间存在正相关（r=-0.3 至 0.65）。
与男医学生相比，男牙科学生的同理心程度较低。在两个研究组和性别中都表现出同理心和自我反思之间存在正相关。然而，该领域需要更多的研究。
