SMJ articles in the category "empathy"

Original Article

Let the Program Evaluation Committee SOAR: Applying the Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results (SOAR) Framework for Program Evaluation

Objective: Annual program evaluations are important activities of all graduate medical education programs. Although the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education provides general guidelines, there is substantial scope for educational innovation. Strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results (SOAR) is a strengths-based framework for strategic planning. Because SOAR emphasizes positivity and engagement,…

Posted in: empathy 6 graduate medical education 28 Leadership 10 Residency 11

Original Article

Predictors of Empathic Compassion: Do Spirituality, Religion, and Calling Matter?

Objective: To determine whether physician spirituality, religion, and sense of calling toward medicine are predictors of self-reported empathic compassion.Methods: We sampled 2000 practicing US physicians from all specialties and used self-reported measures of general and clinical empathic compassion taken from previous studies. Independent variables were single-item measures of calling, spirituality,…

Posted in: empathy 6 medicine 2 religion 17 spirituality 20

Acknowledgment

Internship and Empathy: Variations Across Time and Specialties

Objectives: To assess whether any differences exist in Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) scores among postgraduate year 1 (PGY-1) residents across specialties. Methods: PGY-1 residents representing 11 specialties at our academic institution were invited to take a Web-based IRI survey at three time points. The specialties were condensed into several binary…

Posted in: empathy 6 graduate medical education 28 internship 2

Original Article

Empathy, Sense of Power, and Personality: Do They Change During Pediatric Residency?

Objectives: Empathy is a critical competency in medicine. Prior studies demonstrate a longitudinal decrease in empathy during residency; however, they have not included pediatric residents. The relations among the expression of empathy, sense of power (ability to influence other’s behavior), and personality traits in residents also have not been addressed….

Posted in: empathy 6

Original Article

Patients’ Satisfaction With Dermatology Residents

Objectives: Patients’ perception of quality is a critical primary outcome of medical care. Important downstream effects of perceived quality include a more trusting attitude toward the physician, more adherence to treatment, and better treatment outcomes. Patients’ satisfaction issues are important to address during dermatology residency training. The aim of the…

Posted in: communication 10 empathy 6 health services research 10 Quality 5 residency training 10

Original Article

Human Dimension in Medical Care: Insights from Buber and Marcel

Martin Buber’s concept of inclusion and Gabriel Marcel’s notion of availability are used to cast new light on the human dimension in medical care. Buber’s notion of inclusion indicates that clinical empathy should involve both cognitive and affective elements. It is argued that empathy is more than simply labeling a…

Posted in: compassion 2 empathy 6
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