Empathy and cultural competence remains stable for medical students: do the humanities have an effect?

There is a paucity of rigorous longitudinal data regarding the relationship between humanities and their effect on multiple psychometrics. Using an observational art course, we assessed pre- and post-course metrics and longitudinal impacts with 120 preclinical medical students taking the "Art o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC medical education 2024-11, Vol.24 (1), p.1301-7, Article 1301
Hauptverfasser:	Srinivasan, Sruthi, Rachoin, Jean-Sebastien, Gentile, Matthew, Hunter, Krystal, Cerceo, Elizabeth
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Algorithms Beliefs, opinions and attitudes Burnout Competence Cultural competence Cultural competency Cultural Competency - education Cultural Differences Curricula Curriculum Education, Medical, Undergraduate Emotional Intelligence Empathy Evaluation Factor Structure Female Health Personnel Humanities Humanities - education Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Medical colleges Medical education Medical humanities Medical personnel Medical Schools Medical students Nonparametric Statistics Observation Outcome Measures Patient satisfaction Physician Patient Relationship Physicians Professional identity formation Psychometrics Required Courses Sample Size Self Efficacy Sociology Statistical Analysis Statistical Significance Students, Medical - psychology Tolerance for ambiguity Visualization
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Zusammenfassung:	There is a paucity of rigorous longitudinal data regarding the relationship between humanities and their effect on multiple psychometrics. Using an observational art course, we assessed pre- and post-course metrics and longitudinal impacts with 120 preclinical medical students taking the "Art of Observation" between 2016 and 2019. Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) and Jeffreys Transcultural Self-Efficacy Tool (TSET) were assessed annually for four years. Budner Tolerance of Ambiguity (TOA) Scale was administered before and after the course. The JSE showed no drop in empathy as students progressed from first to fourth year (p = 0.374). The TSET showed statistically significant increases in cultural self-efficacy (p
ISSN:	1472-6920 1472-6920
DOI:	10.1186/s12909-024-06040-7