Malaysian Medical Students' self-reported Empathy: A cross-sectional Comparative Study

Malaysian Medical Students' self-reported Empathy: A cross-sectional Comparative Study

The objective of this study was to compare empathy levels between first year and second year medical students at a Malaysian University. A Malaysian University offering undergraduate medicine. 204 undergraduate medical students were included in the data analysis (122 first years, and 102 second year...

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Veröffentlicht in:Medical journal of Malaysia 2015-04, Vol.70 (2), p.76-80
Hauptverfasser: Williams, B, Sadasivan, S, Kadirvelu, A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The objective of this study was to compare empathy levels between first year and second year medical students at a Malaysian University. A Malaysian University offering undergraduate medicine. 204 undergraduate medical students were included in the data analysis (122 first years, and 102 second years). Self-reported empathy scores using the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (Student Version) JSPE-S. The mean empathy score for first year students was 112.1(SD=10.7). This was significantly higher (p
ISSN:0300-5283