الملخص
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the levels of empathy in 8 th -semester undergraduate dental students at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), who had completed the communication skills course (CSC), versus the students in the 9 th -semester who had not completed the course. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Persian-translated Jefferson Scale of Empathy of Health Professions Student version questionnaires were distributed among the participants. Statistical analyses were conducted in SPSS using T -tests and one-way ANOVA (α = 0.05) RESULTS: 65 students, including 38 females (58.5%) and 27 males (41.5%), were included. Nearly 85% of participants were 20–23 years of age. Among the participants, 49.2% had finished the CSC, while 50.8% had not. While female participants demonstrated higher empathy scores than males, the difference was not statistically significant ( P = 0.078). No significant difference was observed between different age groups regarding empathy scores ( P = 0.402). Students who had completed the CSC exhibited significantly lower empathy scores compared to students who had not completed the course ( P = 0.013). CONCLUSION: In this study, achieving success in a CSC was not the exclusive predictor of elevated empathy scores among dental students at SBMU, since upper-level students who had not completed the course displayed higher empathy scores than lower-level students who had completed it. The CSC presented to students at SBMU did not include empathy as a distinct teaching subject. Therefore, it is recommended to move from a curriculum centered on technical aspects to one that prioritizes patient well-being by covering empathy-related subjects.
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الموضوع
بيانات النشر
- المعرّف الرقمي
- 10.4103/jehp.jehp_278_25
- المجلة
- Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 15(1), 177
- الناشر
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- وصول مفتوح
- وصول مفتوح ذهبي
- الترخيص
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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APA 7
Afshar, L., Naseri, M., Shakerian, S., Tabatabaee, M. H., & Khosravi, K. (2026). The impact of communication skills course on the levels of empathy among undergraduate dental students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences: A preliminary study. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 15(1), 177. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_278_25
MLA 9
Afshar, Leila, et al. "The impact of communication skills course on the levels of empathy among undergraduate dental students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences: A preliminary study." Journal of Education and Health Promotion, vol. 15, no. 1, 2026, pp. 177. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_278_25.
شيكاغو (المؤلف–التاريخ)
Afshar, Leila, Mandana Naseri, Sareh Shakerian, Mehrnoosh Hosseini Tabatabaee, and Kamyar Khosravi. 2026. "The impact of communication skills course on the levels of empathy among undergraduate dental students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences: A preliminary study." Journal of Education and Health Promotion 15 (1): 177. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_278_25.
هارفارد
Afshar, L., Naseri, M., Shakerian, S., Tabatabaee, M. H. and Khosravi, K. (2026) 'The impact of communication skills course on the levels of empathy among undergraduate dental students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences: A preliminary study', Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 15(1), pp. 177. doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_278_25.
فانكوفر
Afshar L, Naseri M, Shakerian S, Tabatabaee MH, Khosravi K. The impact of communication skills course on the levels of empathy among undergraduate dental students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences: A preliminary study. Journal of Education and Health Promotion. 2026;15(1):177. doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_278_25
IEEE
L. Afshar, M. Naseri, S. Shakerian, M. H. Tabatabaee, and K. Khosravi, "The impact of communication skills course on the levels of empathy among undergraduate dental students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences: A preliminary study," Journal of Education and Health Promotion, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 177, 2026, doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_278_25.