Project DABE: Empathy among Spanish Medical Students

Garcia-Estañ, Joaquin; Flores-Funes, Diego; Capdevila-Gaudens, Patricia; García-Abajo, Miguel; García-Barbero, Mila

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Project DABE: Empathy among Spanish Medical Students

dc.contributor.author	Garcia-Estañ, Joaquin
dc.contributor.author	Flores-Funes, Diego
dc.contributor.author	Capdevila-Gaudens, Patricia
dc.contributor.author	García-Abajo, Miguel
dc.contributor.author	García-Barbero, Mila
dc.contributor.department	Centro de Estudios Universitario en Educación Médica
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-28T11:38:55Z
dc.date.available	2023-11-28T11:38:55Z
dc.date.issued	2022-11
dc.description	©2022. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This document is the Published, version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Educación Médica. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2022.100769	es
dc.description.abstract	ntroduction Empathy refers to an aspect of personality, important in interpersonal relationships and in communication, considered to be an important value in the medical profession. In the present study, we have studied empathy in a sample of more than 5,000 medical students of all 43 medical schools in Spain. Methods The data belong to the DABE project, a study that included mental health variables and that was applied through a web survey just before COVID-19 pandemic restrictions started. To measure empathy, we used the Jefferson Empathy Scale (Student Version), which comprises 20 items relating to three underlying components, Perspective Taking, Compassionate Care, and Standing in the Patient’s Shoes. Results Empathy global score was high and it increased progressively every year during medical school. Empathy score was greater in the female students, with a 20% of participants showed high levels of empathy, again more in women. High empathy was associated with students having greater social support, more interest and participation in everyday experiences and satisfaction with social activities. The three components of empathy were also greater in women than in men. Empathy scores were significantly lower in those students that reported smoking and also in the students that reported use of frequent use of cannabis. Discussion Empathy scores are high in the spanish medical students population, with a 20% of them showing high levels. Empathy scores increase longitudinally during medical school, are greater in female students and lower in those smoking either tobacco or cannabis.	es
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dc.identifier.citation	Educación Médica, 23(6), 100769 - November 2022
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2022.100769
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/136152
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Elsevier/Educación Médica	es
dc.relation	Sociedad Española de Educación Médica	es
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Empatía	es
dc.subject	Estudiantes de Medicina	es
dc.subject.other	CDU::3 - Ciencias sociales::37 - Educación. Enseñanza. Formación. Tiempo libre	es
dc.subject.other	CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::61 - Medicina	es
dc.title	Project DABE: Empathy among Spanish Medical Students	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication	es