Journal article
Empathy levels in Australian chiropractic students
Journal of Chiropractic Education, Vol.36(2), pp.110-116
2022
Abstract
Objective
Empathy is an important modifiable quality of health care practitioners that relates to the quality of patient care. The educative process may adversely affect the empathy levels of health care students at key phases of training. This topic remains unexplored in chiropractic students to date.
Methods
A voluntary and anonymous questionnaire was distributed to all chiropractic students in an Australian university-based program in April 2021. This questionnaire recorded age, sex, year of study, and Toronto Empathy Questionnaire scores.
Results
Chiropractic student empathy scores approximated those of other Australian health care students. No statistical differences were found when comparing the mean scores of empathy levels across the 5 student cohorts. The empathy levels of female chiropractic students' were significantly higher than those of the male chiropractic students.
Conclusion
This study provides a baseline from which further explorations on empathy may be conducted in chiropractic students. This holds the potential to improve practitioners' quality of life and patient outcomes and for educators to identify subject matter that may negatively affect empathy levels.
Details
- Title
- Empathy levels in Australian chiropractic students
- Authors/Creators
- S.I. Innes (Author/Creator)J.K. Simpson (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Chiropractic Education, Vol.36(2), pp.110-116
- Publisher
- Brighthall and Allen Press Publishing Services
- Identifiers
- 991005542715807891
- Copyright
- © 2022 Association of Chiropractic Colleges
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Allied Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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