Relationship of trainee dentists' self-reported empathy and communication behaviors with simulated patients' assessment in medical interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to clarify the communication behaviors between trainee dentists and simulated patients (SPs), to examine how the level of trainee dentists' self-reported empathy influences assessment by SPs in medical interviews.

Materials and methods

The study involved 100 trainee dentists at Okayama University Hospital and eight SPs. The trainee dentists conducted initial interviews with the SPs after completing the Japanese version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE). All interviews were recorded and analyzed using the Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS). The SPs assessed the trainees' communication immediately after each interview. The trainee dentists were classified into two groups (more positive and less positive) according to SP assessment scores.

Res

SUBMITTER: Watanabe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6301708 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature