Medical students' empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programme

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Autor(a) principal: O'Tuathaigh, Colm M P
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Nadhirah Idris, Alia, Duggan, Eileen, Costa, Patrício Soares, Costa, Manuel João
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/63349
Resumo: All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.
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spelling Medical students' empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programmeAdultFemaleHumansLinear ModelsMaleMedicineSex FactorsStudents, MedicalYoung AdultAttitude of Health PersonnelEmpathyProfessionalismScience & TechnologyAll relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.Background: Existing research has suggested that self-reported empathy in medical students is moderated by personality traits and diverse demographic and educational factors including age, gender, nationality, career aspirations, as well as year of curriculum. It is unclear how empathy, personality, and background factors might impact on students' attitudes towards professionalism in medicine.MethodsA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted in first and final year medical students at an Irish medical school. The following instruments were administered: (a) Jefferson Scale of Empathy; (b) NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI-3); (c) Attitudes towards Professionalism Scale. Demographic and educational variables were also measured. Descriptive and correlational analysis was conducted to examine the association between empathy, personality, professionalism-related attitudes and additional measures. Regression analysis was used to examine determinants of attitudes towards professional behaviour.ResultsBoth selected NEO-FFI personality traits and empathy were independently associated with distinct categories of professional behaviour. Specifically, Openness to Experience was associated with higher empathy scores, and higher 'Social responsibility'. Extraversion was linked with higher scores on the "Personal characteristics" and "Interactions with team" categories, while Conscientiousness was also positively associated with "Personal characteristics". In agreement with previous studies, the personality traits most associated empathy were Agreeableness and Openness to Experience. Empathy did not vary according to programme year or career specialty preference.ConclusionsThis study is the first to show that empathy and personality factors may act as determinants of students' attitudes towards medical professionalism in a manner which is dependent upon category of professional behaviour.Public Library of Science (PLOS)Universidade do MinhoO'Tuathaigh, Colm M PNadhirah Idris, AliaDuggan, EileenCosta, Patrício SoaresCosta, Manuel João20192019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/63349engO’Tuathaigh CMP, Nadhirah Idris A, Duggan E, Costa P, Costa MJ (2019) Medical students’ empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programme. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0215675. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.02156751932-620310.1371/journal.pone.021567531048851https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0215675info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T11:56:26Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/63349Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:46:02.085297Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Medical students' empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programme
title Medical students' empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programme
spellingShingle Medical students' empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programme
O'Tuathaigh, Colm M P
Adult
Female
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Medicine
Sex Factors
Students, Medical
Young Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Empathy
Professionalism
Science & Technology
title_short Medical students' empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programme
title_full Medical students' empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programme
title_fullStr Medical students' empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programme
title_full_unstemmed Medical students' empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programme
title_sort Medical students' empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programme
author O'Tuathaigh, Colm M P
author_facet O'Tuathaigh, Colm M P
Nadhirah Idris, Alia
Duggan, Eileen
Costa, Patrício Soares
Costa, Manuel João
author_role author
author2 Nadhirah Idris, Alia
Duggan, Eileen
Costa, Patrício Soares
Costa, Manuel João
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv O'Tuathaigh, Colm M P
Nadhirah Idris, Alia
Duggan, Eileen
Costa, Patrício Soares
Costa, Manuel João
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Adult
Female
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Medicine
Sex Factors
Students, Medical
Young Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Empathy
Professionalism
Science & Technology
topic Adult
Female
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Medicine
Sex Factors
Students, Medical
Young Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Empathy
Professionalism
Science & Technology
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv O’Tuathaigh CMP, Nadhirah Idris A, Duggan E, Costa P, Costa MJ (2019) Medical students’ empathy and attitudes towards professionalism: Relationship with personality, specialty preference and medical programme. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0215675. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215675
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