ArticleKorean journal of medical education2019
The relationship between empathy and stress: a cross-sectional study among undergraduate medical students.
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- The impact of affective and cognitive empathy on stress in medical students.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2025Article
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- Empathy among Saudi Residents at a Tertiary Academic Center during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Association with Perceived Stress.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Stress Watch: The Use of Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability to Detect Stress: A Pilot Study Using Smart Watch Wearables.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Creating a Medical School Curriculum to Teach Empathy.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2021Article
- The relationships between resilience and student personal factors in an undergraduate medical program.BMC medical education · 2021Article
- History Repeats Itself: The Relevance of Historical Pandemics to the Medical School Curriculum.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentArticle
- Correlation between levels for stress with level of empathy in undergraduate medical students.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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purposeEmpathy is critical for medical doctors, as it enables them to conduct good patient-centred care. Medical students are expected to learn this ability as part of their education and training.
methodsUsing a cross-sectional design, the present study was conducted to identify whether the empathy levels of medical students are affected by their stress levels. A translated version of the Perceived Stress Scale-10 was used to measure the students' stress levels, while the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy was used to measure their empathy levels.
resultsA total of 464 students from one medical school in Indonesia participated in the study. Stress levels among medical students peak in their first year of study and maintain a downward trend over the following years. The students' empathy levels increased during their first 3 years, declined significantly upon entering the first clinical year, and increased during the second clinical year. However, no correlations were found between stress level and empathy level.
conclusionThese findings suggest that there may be other underlying factors that contribute to empathy decline among medical students upon entering their first clinical year. Further research should be conducted to identify these factors. The bounced-back of empathy level to a higher level in the second year highlights the importance of student adaptation in the clinical learning environment and the support system.
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