KMID : 1104220170290030165
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Korean Journal of Medical Education 2017 Volume.29 No. 3 p.165 ~ p.173
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The mediating effect of calling on the relationship between medical school students¡¯ academic burnout and empathy
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Chae Su-Jin
Jeong So-Mi Chung Yoon-Sok
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study is aimed at identifying the relationships between medical school students¡¯ academic burnout, empathy, and calling, and determining whether their calling has a mediating effect on the relationship between academic burnout and empathy.
Methods: A mixed method study was conducted. One hundred twenty-seven medical students completed a survey. Scales measuring academic burnout, medical students¡¯ empathy, and calling were utilized. For statistical analysis, correlation analysis, descriptive statistics analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted. For qualitative approach, eight medical students participated in a focus group interview.
Results: The study found that empathy has a statistically significant, negative correlation with academic burnout, while having a significant, positive correlation with calling. Sense of calling proved to be an effective mediator of the relationship between academic burnout and empathy.
Conclusion: This result demonstrates that calling is a key variable that mediates the relationship between medical students¡¯ academic burnout and empathy. As such, this study provides baseline data for an education that could improve medical students¡¯ empathy skills.
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KEYWORD
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Burnout, Career choice, Medical education
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