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Do Medical Residents With Rural Upbringing Show Less Decline In Empathy During Training? A Report From A Rural Family Medicine Residency, William J. Crump, Craig H. Ziegler, R. Steve Fricker
Do Medical Residents With Rural Upbringing Show Less Decline In Empathy During Training? A Report From A Rural Family Medicine Residency, William J. Crump, Craig H. Ziegler, R. Steve Fricker
Marshall Journal of Medicine
Purpose
Our focus in this study was to determine if demographic variables, including specifically rural upbringing, showed any association with a measure of empathy among family medicine residents at a rural site.
Methods
We surveyed 40 residents annually using the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) from 2016 to 2020 and compared scores between residents with rural vs urban hometowns. The response rate was 98/99 (99%) of completed survey opportunities.
Findings
There was no significant difference in JSE scores of rural vs urban residents at baseline, and both groups showed a decline after the PG-1 year. However, the rural-raised residents showed …
A Closer Look Into Empathy Among Medical Students: The Career Eulogy As A Lens, William Crump, R. Steve Fricker, Craig Ziegler
A Closer Look Into Empathy Among Medical Students: The Career Eulogy As A Lens, William Crump, R. Steve Fricker, Craig Ziegler
Marshall Journal of Medicine
Introduction
Empathy is widely considered to be key to being an effective physician. The measurement of empathy is important to those designing medical education. The majority of the literature on empathy is based on survey scales that ask the learner to express their degree of agreement with a series of statements. We have previously studied and published an entirely projective measure that we term a career eulogy.
Methods
We had 65 students based at a regional rural medical school campus complete measures of a career eulogy (CE) and the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) over their four years in medical …
When The Hospitalist Gets Hospitalized, Jay R. Lakhani
When The Hospitalist Gets Hospitalized, Jay R. Lakhani
Marshall Journal of Medicine
Hospitalists have a unique opportunity to provide a compassionate environment for patients and families, who themselves are facing fear and uncertainty. Recently, I was able to experience hospitalization from the other side of the hospital bed. In this short article, I share a few lessons I am learning from my recent experiences with my father, my daughter, and my own experience.