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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2017.17.01.402

The Effects of Repeated Pain Measurement to Injury Pictures on Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Medical Students  

Lee, Sang-Kwon (양산부산대학교병원 의생명융합연구소)
Chun, Kyung-Ju (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 인문사회의학교실)
Chang, Chulhun L. (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 진단검사의학교실)
Kim, Sung-Soo (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 인문사회의학교실)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.17, no.1, 2017 , pp. 402-411 More about this Journal
Abstract
To develop a more efficient computer-based empathy program that enables medical students to increase their empathy levels, and to test its applicability to medical students. We developed PACP (the Pain Assessment Computer Program) for measurement of medical students' levels of recognition of another's pain. An empathy questionnaire was administered to 145 medical students before and after the PACP. In the high empathy group, the scores for cognitive empathy increased significantly after completion of the PACP, while affective empathy scores showed no significant change. In contrast, in the low empathy group, both cognitive and affective empathy scores increased significantly after the PACP. The PACP effectively increased cognitive empathy for the high empathy group, and increased both cognitive and affective empathy, particularly for the low empathy group. Given the fact that existing empathy education programs are time-consuming and costly, and the demand for more efficient empathy education is high, the PACP as a useful tool can be applicable to medical students, particularly those with low empathy in order to enhance their empathic abilities within a short period of time.
Keywords
Pain; Empathy; Empathy Communication Education; Pain Assessment Program; Empathy Enhancement;
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