Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Clínica Universitária de Medicina Geral e Familiar da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
BMC Med Educ. 2022 Jun 16;22(1):464. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03419-2.
Compassion, one of the items of empathy, is crucial in health care professions. So, the evaluation of the levels of compassion of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Master Degrees' (M.D.) students of the public Colleges in Portugal according to the type of Master Degree and the participation in extracurricular activities (E.A.) was a task to be performed.
Cross-sectional study in 2020, applying an on-line questionnaire including the "Compassion" items of the Jefferson Medical Empathy Scale - Students' version and questions about the participation in E.A.
A sample of 901 students was studied. Its distribution by participation in E.A. did not differ significantly between M.D. (p = 0,854), most of the students participating in E.A. Using quartile distribution of compassion, the distribution of compassion levels was different among the three I.M. (p < 0.001), between Colleges (p < 0.001), and between curricular years (p < 0.001), with not different between genders (p = 0.036). For 56.4%, 74,6% and 69,5% of the respondents there was "medium-low" and "low" compassion for I.M. in Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dentistry. These levels were also more prevalent among students in the 1st and 5th years. Levels of compassion were not different with the participation (p = 0,865), type (p = 0,177) and frequency of E.A. (p = 0,109).
For their importance in future health care professionals, compassion and their differences found among the M.Ds. of this area deserve future studies. Levels of compassion showed differences between the M.D. studied and academic years of frequency. There was no relationship between the participation, type, and frequency of E.A. and the students' levels of compassion. The distribution of the level of compassion did not vary significantly with participation in E.A. (p = 0.865), with the type of E.A. (p = 0.177), with the frequency of E.A. (p = 0.109) or with the answer to the question "The practice of E.A. can make a person more compassionate?" (p = 0.503).
同情心是同理心的一个要素，在医疗保健专业中至关重要。因此，需要评估葡萄牙公立学院医学、牙科和药学硕士（M.D.）学生的同情心水平，根据硕士类型和课外活动（E.A.）参与情况进行评估。
2020 年进行横断面研究，采用在线问卷，包括 Jefferson 医学同理心量表-学生版的“同情心”项目和关于 E.A.参与情况的问题。
研究了 901 名学生的样本。其 E.A.参与情况的分布在 M.D.之间无显著差异（p=0.854），大多数学生参与 E.A.使用同情心四分位数分布，三个 I.M.之间的同情心水平分布不同（p<0.001），学院之间（p<0.001），课程年级之间（p<0.001），性别之间无差异（p=0.036）。对于 56.4%、74.6%和 69.5%的受访者，医学、药学和牙科学的 I.M.的同情心为“中低”和“低”。这些水平在第 1 年和第 5 年的学生中也更为普遍。同情心水平与参与度（p=0.865）、类型（p=0.177）和 E.A.频率（p=0.109）无关。
鉴于其在未来医疗保健专业人员中的重要性，该领域的 M.D.的同情心及其差异值得进一步研究。在研究的 M.D.之间以及学术年级的频率上，同情心水平存在差异。E.A.的参与、类型和频率与学生的同情心水平之间没有关系。同情心水平的分布与 E.A.的参与度（p=0.865）、E.A.的类型（p=0.177）、E.A.的频率（p=0.109）或 E.A.实践是否能使人更有同情心的问题的答案（p=0.503）无显著差异。
