Title |
Empathy levels among health professional students: a cross-sectional study at two universities in Australia
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Published in |
Advances in Medical Education and Practice, May 2014
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DOI | 10.2147/amep.s57569 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Brett Williams, Ted Brown, Lisa McKenna, Malcolm J Boyle, Claire Palermo, Debra Nestel, Richard Brightwell, Louise McCall, Verity Russo |
Abstract |
Empathy is paramount in the health care setting, optimizing communication and rapport with patients. Recent empirical evidence suggests that empathy is associated with improved clinical outcomes. Therefore, given the importance of empathy in the health care setting, gaining a better understanding of students' attitudes and self-reported empathy is important. The objective of this study was to examine self-reported empathy levels of students enrolled in different health disciplines from two large Australian universities. |
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United Kingdom | 3 | 50% |
United States | 1 | 17% |
Unknown | 2 | 33% |
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Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 33% |
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Spain | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 116 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 23 | 19% |
Student > Master | 17 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 13% |
Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 7% |
Professor | 7 | 6% |
Other | 24 | 20% |
Unknown | 26 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 27% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 22% |
Psychology | 13 | 11% |
Social Sciences | 4 | 3% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
Other | 10 | 8% |
Unknown | 33 | 28% |
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