Indang Ariati Ariffin

Publications

• Original Article   
  Medical Students' Perspective towards Empathy: Current Discourse and Way Forward
  Author(s): Indang Ariati Ariffin*, Mohamad Wafriy bin Che Ismail and Hasanain Faisal Ghazi
  
  Background: Empathy can help to build a good physician-patient relationship and essential treatment to the patients but the current level of empathy in medical students shown the decline. This study aims to look into what medical students discourse empathy, such as their definition of empathy and approaches for them to develop empathy. Methods: A mixed-method study design was conducted among 316 students. A questionnaire from Jefferson Scale of Empathy (student version) was distributed to measure the level of empathy. Whereas 11 medical students had been chosen by convenience sampling for the focus group interview. Results: The finding showed a mean score of the level of empathy is 100.33 out of 140. Medical students had moderately understanding about the definition of empathy. They also have moderately understanding on approach to develop empathy whereas the factors to develop empath.. Read More»
  

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