Abstract

BILBAO RAMIREZ, Jorge et al. Measurement of empathetic orientation in Dentistry students of Fundación Universitaria San Martín. Puerto Colombia (Atlántico, Colombia). Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.1, pp.34-41. ISSN 0120-5552.

Abstract Objetive: To assess the level of empathetic orientation of the dentistry students at the Fundación Universitaria San Martín, sede Puerto Colombia (Atlántico, Colombia). Materialsand methods: There were carried out a descriptive, cross- sectional research. 102 students of the Dentistry School who belonged to 1°, 2°, 3° 4°, and 5° levels participated in the study. The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy was applied. The Shapiro- Wilk normality test and homocedasticityLevene test were performed for the data analysis. Descriptive statistician statigraphs were considered in all the studied factors. Finally, average comparison mean was made through a Bifactorial analysis of variance. Results: No significant differences (p> 0.05) in the course and factor in ongoing interaction and gender, but highly significant differences were observed (p <0.005) in the "gender" factor. Empathic orientation is higher in females than males, but both are independent of each other in the study population. Conclusions: The results show that the studied variable does not change much between the different race courses, but if you mark in fourth year. No significant differences between genders.

Keywords : Dentistry; empathy; professional education.

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