A Multicenter Study Investigating Empathy and Burnout Characteristics in Medical Residents with Various Specialtiesopen access
- Authors
- Park, C; Lee, YJ; Hong, M; Jung, CH; Synn, Y; Kwack, YS; Ryu, JS; Park, TW; Lee, SA; Bahn, GH
- Issue Date
- Apr-2016
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Keywords
- Burnout; Empathy; Medical education; Medical residency; Medical specialization; Physicians
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, v.31, no.4, pp.590 - 597
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Volume
- 31
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 590
- End Page
- 597
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/154784
- DOI
- 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.4.590
- ISSN
- 1011-8934
- Abstract
- We assessed empathy in medical residents, including factors modifying empathy and the relationship between empathy and burnout. Participants (n = 317 residents, response rate = 42%) from 4 university hospitals completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (Health Professional version, Korean edition), and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Participants were classified by medical specialty: "peopleoriented specialty" (POS group) or "technology-oriented specialty" (TOS group), with more women in the POS than in the TOS group, χ2 = 14.12, P < 0.001. Being female, married, and having children were factors related to higher empathy (gender, t = -2.129, P = 0.034; marriage, t = -2.078, P = 0.038; children, t = 2.86, P = 0.005). Within specialty group, POS residents showed higher empathy scores in the fourth as compared to the first year, F = 3.166, P = 0.026. Comparing POS and TOS groups by year, fourth year POS residents had significantly higher scores than did fourth year TOS residents, t = 3.349, P = 0.002. There were negative correlations between empathy scores and 2 MBI subscales, emotional exhaustion (EE) and depersonalization (DP). Additionally, first year POS residents had higher DP scores than did first year TOS residents, t = 2.183, P = 0.031. We suggest that factors important for empathy are type of medical specialty, marriage, siblings, and children. Burnout state may be related to decreasing empathy.
- Files in This Item
-
- Appears in
Collections - 서울 의과대학 > 서울 교육협력지원교실 > 1. Journal Articles
![qrcode](https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?size=55x55&data=https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/154784)
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.