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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 …