Journal
MEDICAL SCIENCE EDUCATOR
Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages 1273-1277Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1007/s40670-021-01317-8
Keywords
Facemask; Emotion recognition; DANVA2; Medical education; Doctor patient communication
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- University of Milano-Bicocca [2020-ATE-0171]
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The widespread use of facemasks has a significant impact on facial emotion recognition, especially in the medical field where communication is crucial. Therefore, medical education needs to adapt to the current universal use of facemasks to ensure effective communication.
Current widespread facemask usage profoundly impacts clinical practice and healthcare education where communicational dimensions are essential to the care and teaching processes. As part of a larger study, 208 medical and nursing students were randomly assigned to a masked vs unmasked version of the standardized facial emotion recognition task DANVA2. A significantly higher number of errors existed in the masked vs unmasked condition. Differences for happy, sad, and angry faces, but not for fearful faces, existed between conditions. Misinterpretation of facial emotions can severely affect doctor-patient and inter-professional communication in healthcare. Teaching communication in medical education must adapt to the current universal use of facemasks in professional settings.
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