An Assessment of Medical School Stressors on Preclinical Students' Levels of Clinical Empathy
An Assessment of Medical School Stressors on Preclinical Students' Levels of Clinical Empathy
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DOI：
10.1007/s12144-010-9081-y
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发表时间：
2010-09-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Michalec, Barret
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作者：
Michalec, Barret
本研究旨在探讨医学院特定压力源对医学生临床共情水平潜在变化的影响。在2007-2008学年开始和结束时，共有352名美国医学院的学生完成了问卷调查。研究发现，受试者的同理心水平显著下降，尽管这些变化很小。医学院特定的压力源的负面影响被发现并没有显着影响学生的临床同理心的变化，但相关分析表明，临床同理心高的学生更有可能报告，显着的医学院压力源有更多的负面影响，他们的生活。虽然医学院的压力可能不是共情下降的直接原因，但学生们可能会通过摆脱共情来适应环境，以便不那么容易受到压力源的负面影响。
This study examines the impact of medical school-specific stressors on potential changes in medical students' levels of clinical empathy. A total of 352 students at a U.S. medical school completed questionnaires at the beginning and the end of the 2007-2008 academic year. Subjects were found to decrease significantly in levels of empathy, although these changes were minimal. The negative impact of medical school-specific stressors was found to not significantly affect students' changes in clinical empathy, yet correlation analyses showed that students high in clinical empathy were more likely to report that significant medical school stressors had more negative impact on their lives. Whereas medical school stress may not be a direct cause of the decline in empathy, students may be adapting to their environment by shedding empathy in order to become less vulnerable to the negative impact of the stressors.