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Title: | Does empathy change during undergraduate medical education? - A meta-analysis |
Authors: | Spatoula, Vasiliki Panagopoulou, Efharis Montgomery, Anthony |
Type: | Article |
Subjects: | FRASCATI::Social sciences |
Subjects MESH: | Education, Medical, Undergraduate Humans Students, Medical Surveys and Questionnaires Empathy |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Source: | Medical teacher |
Volume: | 41 |
Issue: | 8 |
First Page: | 895 |
Last Page: | 904 |
Abstract: | Purpose: The aim of this meta-analysis was to synthesize the existing evidence examining how empathy changes during undergraduate medical education and assess whether different types of measures produce different results. Method: Three electronic bibliographic databases were last searched on 28 November 2018. Quantitative studies including a measure of empathy in medical undergraduate students and a comparison of the results among the different years of study were included. All analyses were guided by Lipsey and Wilson and conducted using Comprehensive Meta- Analysis software. Results: The overall sample size for the twelve studies (n¼12) was 4906 participants. Results indicate a significant effect (g¼0.487, SE¼0.113, 95% CI¼0.265, 0.709), suggesting that there is moderate evidence that empathy scores changed. Studies using the Jefferson’s Scale for Physician Empathy (JSPE) reported higher effect sizes (g¼0.834, SE¼0.219, 95% CI¼0.406, 1.263), while the effect size for studies using other scales was smaller and non-significant (g¼0.099, SE¼0.052, 95% CI¼ 0.003, 0.201). Conclusions: This review indicated significant evidence that self-ratings of empathy changed across the years of medical education. However, we need to be cautious because this effect was only significant when empathy was assessed using the JSPE. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2019.1584275 https://ruomo.lib.uom.gr/handle/7000/826 |
ISSN: | 0142-159X |
Electronic ISSN: | 1466-187X |
Other Identifiers: | 10.1080/0142159X.2019.1584275 |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Educational & Social Policy |
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