Study on the effect of Peer Balint-style group on empathy ability of third-year long-term medical students
10.3760/cma.j.cn116021-20220203-01789
- VernacularTitle:朋辈巴林特式小组对三年级长学制医学生共情能力的影响研究
- Author:
Xueying LIN
1
;
Luolin ZHOU
;
Haohui LIU
;
Ran SANG
;
Zhichao LIN
;
Tianzhu CHEN
;
Huaifeng LIANG
;
Yu GONG
;
Ping LI
Author Information
1. 广州中医药大学第一临床医学院，广州 510000
- Keywords:
Balint group;
Peer education;
Empathy;
Medical humanities
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2024;23(6):791-795
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:This study aimed to assess the effects of Peer Balint-style group on the empathy ability of third-year long-term medical students and to provide a theoretical and practical reference for effectively improving their humanistic quality.Methods:Ninety third-year Chinese long-term medicine students participated. Volunteers received either ten sessions of 1.5-h Peer Balint-style group which were led by specially trained peers from June 2019 to August 2019. The College Students' Empathy Ability Questionnaire was used before the experiment and the second day after the experiment. The total score of the scale from the pre-test and post-test and the scores of each dimension conformed to a normal distribution, with equal variance, describing in the form of ( x± s). Paired t-tests were performed to compare the total score and each dimension score before and after the intervention, using SPSS 22.0. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 7 peer-group leaders and group members after the clinical practice period. The interview materials were analyzed by traditional content analysis. The content of the qualitative research was open-coded to obtain 10 categories, suggesting the role and inadequacy of Peer Balint-style groups. Results:A total of 63 valid samples were obtained. There was no significant difference of ( t=-0.44, P=0.661, P>0.05) between the total score of the post-test (118.00±11.98) and the total score of the pre-test (117.38±12.36). In each dimension, the reverse comprehension score of post-test (9.06±1.97) was significantly different ( t=-2.08, P=0.041, P>0.05) from the pre-test's (8.57±2.15), which increased compared to the pre-test score. Conclusions:Peer Balint-style group had a positive effect on improving empathy among medical students. Compared with the traditional Balint group, it has wider coverage, higher affinity and greater mobility. However, the design of the Peer Balint-style group still needs to be further improved.
