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The Effects of Repeated Pain Measurement to Injury Pictures on Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Medical Students

통증사진에 대한 반복적 통증평가가 의대생의 인지적 공감과 정서적 공감에 미치는 영향

  • 이상권 (양산부산대학교병원 의생명융합연구소) ;
  • 천경주 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 인문사회의학교실) ;
  • 장철훈 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 진단검사의학교실) ;
  • 김성수 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 인문사회의학교실)
  • Received : 2016.10.18
  • Accepted : 2016.12.19
  • Published : 2017.01.28
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Abstract

To develop a more efficient computer-based empathy program that enables medical students to increase their empathy levels, and to test its applicability to medical students. We developed PACP (the Pain Assessment Computer Program) for measurement of medical students' levels of recognition of another's pain. An empathy questionnaire was administered to 145 medical students before and after the PACP. In the high empathy group, the scores for cognitive empathy increased significantly after completion of the PACP, while affective empathy scores showed no significant change. In contrast, in the low empathy group, both cognitive and affective empathy scores increased significantly after the PACP. The PACP effectively increased cognitive empathy for the high empathy group, and increased both cognitive and affective empathy, particularly for the low empathy group. Given the fact that existing empathy education programs are time-consuming and costly, and the demand for more efficient empathy education is high, the PACP as a useful tool can be applicable to medical students, particularly those with low empathy in order to enhance their empathic abilities within a short period of time.

본 연구의 목적은 의대생들의 공감능력 수준에 따른 타인의 통증인지 수준 평가와 공감능력의 변화를 파악하여 짧은 시간 내에 공감능력이 낮은 의대생들의 공감능력을 높일 수 있도록 하는 공감교육 컴퓨터 프로그램 개발에 있다. 총 145명 대상자들의 공감능력을 고집단과 저집단으로 나누었다. 또한, 타인의 통증인지 수준 평가를 측정하기 위해 개발한 컴퓨터 프로그램인 'Pain Assessment Computer Program(PACP)'을 사용하였다. PACP 수행 후 공감 고집단은 인지적 공감능력만 유의미하게 증가한 반면, 공감 저집단은 인지적 공감능력과 정서적 공감능력 모두 증가하였다. PACP 수행과정에서 두 집단 모두 인지적 공감능력이 공통적으로 증가하였는데 이는 대상자들이 인지적 요소를 우선적으로 사용함으로써 인지적 공감이 상승된 것으로 보이며, '인지적 노력'에 따른 인지적 공감능력의 향상에 긍정적인 영향을 준 것으로 판단된다. 이처럼 PACP는 짧은 시간 내에 공감능력이 낮은 의대생들의 공감능력을 향상시키는 보조 수단으로써 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

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