ArticleKorean journal of medical education2017
The mediating effect of calling on the relationship between medical school students' academic burnout and empathy.
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- The association between empathy and burnout in medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical education · 2024Pooled it
- Why might medical student empathy change throughout medical school? a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.BMC medical education · 2023Pooled it
- Research Involvement, Career Determinants, Study Experiences, and Personality Traits of Health-Care Students and Workers: The Research In-Depth Study Protocol.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Burnout and empathy in dental students: a cross-sectional study of their association and related factors.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Developing empathy in healthcare professions students: protocol of a mixed-methods non-controlled longitudinal intervention study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
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- Moderating Role of Peer Pressure and Positive Learning Environment Between Career Calling and Academic Procrastination in Chinese Medical Students During Controlled COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Empathy alleviates the learning burnout of medical college students through enhancing resilience.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Development of student empathy during medical education: changes and the influence of context and training.Korean journal of medical education · 2022Article
- The mediating effect of resilience on the relationship between the academic burnout and psychological well-being of medical students.Korean journal of medical education · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study is aimed at identifying the relationships between medical school students' academic burnout, empathy, and calling, and determining whether their calling has a mediating effect on the relationship between academic burnout and empathy.
methodsA mixed method study was conducted. One hundred twenty-seven medical students completed a survey. Scales measuring academic burnout, medical students' empathy, and calling were utilized. For statistical analysis, correlation analysis, descriptive statistics analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted. For qualitative approach, eight medical students participated in a focus group interview.
resultsThe study found that empathy has a statistically significant, negative correlation with academic burnout, while having a significant, positive correlation with calling. Sense of calling proved to be an effective mediator of the relationship between academic burnout and empathy.
conclusionThis result demonstrates that calling is a key variable that mediates the relationship between medical students' academic burnout and empathy. As such, this study provides baseline data for an education that could improve medical students' empathy skills.
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