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http://dx.doi.org/10.22722/KJPM.2021.29.1.49

Associations of Communication Skills, Self-Efficacy on Clinical Performance and Empathy in Trainee Doctors  

Kim, Doehyung (Department of Psychiatry, Kosin University Gospel Hospital)
Kim, Min-Jeong (Department of Neurology, Kosin University College of Medicine)
Lee, Haeyoung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosin University Gospel Hospital)
Kim, Hyunseuk (Department of Psychiatry, Kosin University Gospel Hospital)
Kim, Youngmi (Department of Child Welfare and Counseling Gukje Cyber University)
Lee, Sang-Shin (Department of Psychiatry, Kosin University Gospel Hospital)
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Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine / v.29, no.1, 2021 , pp. 49-57 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives : This study evaluated the medical communication skills of trainee doctors and analyzed the relationship between medical communication skills, self-efficacy on clinical performance (SECP) and empathy. Methods : A total of 106 trainee doctors from a university hospital participated. The questionnaire comprised self-evaluated medical communication skills, modified SECP and the Korean version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professionals version. The mean difference in medical communication skills scores according to gender, age, division (intern, internal medicine group or surgery group) and position (intern, first-/second- and third-/fourth-year residents) were analyzed. Pearson correlation coefficients were determined between medical communication skills, modified SECP and empathy. The effects of each variable on medical communication skills were verified using the structural equation model. Results : There were no statistically significant mean differences in self-evaluated medical communication skills according to gender, age, division or position. Medical communication skills had a significant positive correlation with modified SECP (r=0.782, p<0.001) and empathy (r=0.210, p=0.038). Empathy had a direct effect on modified SECP (β=0.30, p<0.01) and modified SECP had a direct effect on medical communication skills (β=0.80, p<0.001). Empathy indirectly influenced medical communication skills, mediating modified SECP (β=0.26, p<0.05). Conclusions : Medical communication skills are an important core curriculum of residency programs, as they have a direct correlation with SECP, which is needed for successful treatment. Moreover, the medical communication needs a new understanding that is out of empathy.
Keywords
Graduate medical education; Health communication; Self-efficacy; Empathy; Internship and residency;
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