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Impact of Reflection on Empathy and Emotional Intelligence in Third-Year Medical Students

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ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY
卷 45, 期 3, 页码 350-353

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s40596-020-01371-1

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Reflection; Empathy; Emotional intelligence; Medical students

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The study analyzed the impact of structured Reflection Rounds on self-reported empathy and emotional intelligence scores for third-year medical students. Participation in Reflection Rounds was associated with an increase in empathy scores, while no significant difference in emotional intelligence scores was observed post-intervention. Reflection Rounds may serve as a way to prevent the decline in empathy often seen in medical students as they progress through their training.
Objective This study analyzed the impact that structured Reflection Rounds had on self-reported empathy and emotional intelligence scores for third-year medical students. Methods Third-year students at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University (RSOM) were required to participate in Reflection Rounds during their core clinical clerkships. Over the study period, 285 students participated. Reflection Rounds are facilitated, small-group meetings, where students reflect upon their thoughts, feelings, and emotions about clinical experiences and receive feedback from peers and a trained facilitator. Empathy and emotional intelligence (EI) scores were measured pre- and post-intervention utilizing the Jefferson scale of empathy (JSE) student version and Wong law emotional intelligence scale (WLEIS) (Hojat 2016; Wong and Law Leadersh Q. 13:243-74, 2004). Results Participation in the study was voluntary. Pre-intervention surveys were collected from 185 students for the JSE and 173 students for the WLEIS. Post survey responses were collected from 120 students for both scales. Empathy scores increased from 80.4 to 82.6 (p = 0.02) post-intervention. No significant difference in EI scores was demonstrated post-intervention, 5.4 to 5.5 (p = 0.55) Conclusion Students who participated in Reflection Rounds did not demonstrate the erosion of empathy that has been previously documented following the completion of the clerkship year. Improvements in empathy scores were demonstrated. No change in EI was observed post-intervention. It is possible that an intervention such as Reflection Rounds may represent a way of preventing the empathy decline that can be seen in medical students as they progress through their training.

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