ArticleAdvances in medical education and practice2014
Levels of empathy in undergraduate emergency health, nursing, and midwifery students: a longitudinal study.
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purposeThis research examines the extent and nature of empathy among emergency health (paramedic), nursing, and midwifery students at one Australian university and investigates the longitudinal changes in empathy levels across the course of study.
methodsFirst-, second-, and third-year students at Monash University completed the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professional (JSE-HP) in 2008, 2009, and 2010, and the resulting mean empathy scores were analyzed by course, year of course, year of study, age, and sex.
resultsMidwifery students were found to have higher empathy levels than nursing and emergency health students. Second- and third-year students scored higher than their counterparts in the first year. Empathy levels dipped in 2009 and rose in 2010. Students aged 26-30 years and 31-35 years recorded higher scores than their younger colleagues, and female students were found to be more empathic than their male counterparts.
conclusionThe finding that empathy levels are relatively stable over the term of study contributes to the understanding of how empathy evolves over the course of study and offers insights into the importance of incorporating and promoting empathy in health care curricula.
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