Medical Students' Empathy Level Differences by Medical Year, Gender, and Specialty Interest in Akdeniz University

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AKGUN O., AKDENİZ M., KAVUKCU E., Avci H. H.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT, cilt.7, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/2382120520940658
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Empathy, Toronto Empathy Questionnaire, Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy, Medical Students, PHYSICIAN EMPATHY, JEFFERSON SCALE
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: As an important feature in patient-physician communication for both primary and clinical care, empathy is one of the basic competencies that physicians should possess. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the level of empathy among medical students in all years of medical training using two different instruments: the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (for clinical empathy level) and the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (for general empathy level).