Levels of Empathy in Students and Professors with Patients in a Faculty of Dentistry
The Jefferson Empathy Scale is reliable, valid, and invariant among Chilean dental students and professors. Students do not differ from their professors in the cognitive component of empathy, but they present a lower score in the affective component and global empathy. It is inferred that students can develop the affective component of empathy in their interactions with their professors, increasing their overall empathy. Understanding and fostering empathy in dental students and professors can significantly improve patient care and treatment adherence and increase patient and dentist satisfaction.
Authors
- Alejandro Reyes‐Reyes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2404-0467)
- Blanca Patricia Klahn-Acuña (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9072-7005)
- Victor Patricio Díaz Narváez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5486-0415)
- Mariela Padilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3078-2544)
- Chris Alarcón-Ureta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1060-9051)
- Fernando Reyes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7902-0017)
- Joyce Huberman-Casas
- Jorge Andrés Nakouzi-Momares
- Maricarmen Espinoza-Retamal
- Leonardo Epuyao-González
- Gabriela Leiton Carvajal
- Patricio Alberto Jaramillo-Cavieres
- Lindsay W. Vilca
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Universidad del Desarrollo (CL)
- Universidad Andrés Bello (CL)
- Universidad Santo Tomás (CL)
- Universidad Norbert Wiener (PE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Behavioral Sciences
- Published
- 2024-09-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090817
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.70