Empathy levels among dental students and professors from a dental school in the Dominican Republic
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2021-06-30Autor
Díaz-Narváez, Víctor Patricio
Silva-Vetri, María Guadalupe
Stocklin, Boni
González-Díaz, Eugenia
Calzadilla-Núñez, Aracelis
Torres-Martínez, Pilar
Reyes-Reyes, Alejandro
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The concept of empathy has been incorporated as one of the key elements for the achievement of the teaching-learning process goals in health science students. To estimate and compare the levels of empathy among dental students and professors in the undergraduate dental medicine program at the Universidad Central del Este (Dominican Republic). Cross-sectional study. The study population (n=264) was divided into two groups: the first consisted of students in their first to fifth year of dental school (N=223; n=215), distributed in two areas (basic-preclinical and clinical courses), while the second group comprised professors working in both areas in the dental school of the university (N=53; n=49). The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (S-Version)
was used. The descriptive analysis of the data included the estimation of means, standard deviations and
percentages, and the reliability of the data was estimated using Cronbach's alpha. In addition, a two-way
ANOVA was performed, calculating the effect size and the statistical power of the test; furthermore, when
the Fisher’s exact test was significant for any factor, Tukey’s test was used to estimate differences between
means. A significance level of α<0.05 and β<0.20 was established.
Results: Overall empathy scores and compassionate care dimension scores among the professor group did not
differ significantly from the scores obtained by the students (basic-preclinical and clinical area), but there were
differences between students from both areas (p<0.05). There were no significant differences between the three
subgroups in the Perspective Taking and Walking in the Patient's Shoes dimensions (p=0.428 and p=0.866).
Conclusion: The levels of empathy and compassionate care dimension of professors are similar to those of
students in general (regardless of the area).
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