The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.
The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, Iowa City, IA, USA.
BMC Med Educ. 2023 Feb 20;23(1):123. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04090-x.
Empathic care is considered extremely important by patients and providers alike but there is still an ample need for assessing empathy among healthcare students and professionals and identifying appropriate educational interventions to improve it. This study aims to assess empathy levels and associated factors among students at different healthcare colleges at the University of Iowa.
An online survey was delivered to healthcare students, including nursing, pharmacy, dental, and medical colleges (IRB ID #202,003,636). The cross-sectional survey included background questions, probing questions, college-specific questions, and the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professionals Student version (JSPE-HPS). To examine bivariate associations, Kruskal Wallis and Wilcoxon rank sum tests were used. A linear model with no transformation was used in the multivariable analysis.
Three hundred students responded to the survey. Overall JSPE-HPS score was 116 (± 11.7), consistent with other healthcare professional samples. There was no significant difference in JSPE-HPS score among the different colleges (P = 0.532).
Controlling for other variables in the linear model, healthcare students' view of their faculty's empathy toward patients and students' self-reported empathy levels were significantly associated with students' JSPE-HPS scores.
共情关怀被患者和医护人员都认为是极其重要的,但仍需要评估医学生和专业人员的同理心,并确定适当的教育干预措施来提高同理心。本研究旨在评估爱荷华大学不同医疗学院学生的同理心水平和相关因素。
向包括护理、药学、牙科和医学院在内的医学生在线发放调查问卷(IRB ID #202,003,636)。横断面调查包括背景问题、探究问题、学院特定问题和 Jefferson 同理心量表-健康专业人员学生版(JSPE-HPS)。为了检验变量间的关联,使用 Kruskal Wallis 和 Wilcoxon 秩和检验。多变量分析中使用未经转换的线性模型。
共有 300 名学生对调查做出了回应。总体而言,JSPE-HPS 得分为 116(±11.7),与其他医疗专业样本一致。不同学院之间的 JSPE-HPS 得分没有显著差异(P=0.532)。
在校正线性模型中的其他变量后,医学生对其教师对患者的同理心的看法以及学生自我报告的同理心水平与学生的 JSPE-HPS 得分显著相关。