Relationship between self-reported cognitive and behavioural empathy among medical students

Article Article scientifique Article Relationship between self-reported cognitive and behavioural empathy among medical students eng 2021-08-02 author Kloeckner Cronauer Christina 842981 author Gerbase Margaret 504050 author Nendaz Mathieu 0000-0003-3795-3254 33708 author Baroffio Barbier Anne 22908 author Junod Perron Noëlle Astrid 27708 10.1016/j.pec.2021.07.053 34419328 0738-3991 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399121005140 Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between cognitive and behavioural empathy in medical students. Methods: Fourteen 4th year medical students recruited on the basis of their scores on the self-reported Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE-S) were divided into two groups: low JSE-S scorers (n = 8) (M = 96.75, SD = 10.3) and high JSE-S scorers (n = 6) (M = 121.3, SD = 2.94). They were discreetly videotaped while taking history with an incognito standardized patient. Students' behavioural empathy was measured using the Verona Coding System (VR-CoDES-P) and rating of non-verbal behaviour. Results: Patients expressed the same number of concerns per encounter in both groups but gave more cues to high-scorers (p = 0.029). However, students of both groups demonstrated the same amount of verbal empathy (high: 16% vs low: 15% p = 1.00). High JSE-S scorers' non-verbal communication tended to be rated slightly higher than low JSE-S-scorers with a higher use of facial expression (p = 0.008). Conclusion: This study did not reveal any differences of students' verbal empathy to patients' cues and concerns between low and high JSE_S scorers. Practice implications: The VR-CoDES_P is a useful tool to assess medical students and physicians empathic behaviour, allowing to disentangle the different components of empathy. Behavioural Cognitive Empathy Medical students Dewey 610/370 Dewey 613 Dewey 616 48 Unité de développement et de recherche en éducation médicale 204 56 Département de médecine 221 64 Département de santé et médecine communautaires 22A false 395 Acquisition de l'expertise médicale 662 994f7a0d-c4ee-41c6-879d-8380c45a38b5 UDREM Efficacité de l’apprentissage Patient education and counseling e6ac7690-4c6c-4168-a311-e5308fc32af3 Article (Published version) Public Cronauer_cognitive behavioural empa.pdf 538684 application/pdf CC BY-NC-ND-4.0 openAccess Faculté de médecine / Unité de développement et de recherche en éducation médicale Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires

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