Abstract
Introduction: Empathy is a fundamental factor in the development of interpersonal relationships, useful as it is to understand the problems, achievements, illusions and all the feelings of an individual. In education it also plays a crucial role, since it is a key element for an appropriate relationship between teachers and students. Objective: Determine the empathy capacity of teachers from the Medical School at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador from October to December 2017. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted which was based on surveys: Baron-Cohen's test both virtually and physically. A total 97 teachers responded to our survey. Results: Empathy capacity was found to be high in 91.8% and low in 8.2% of the teachers surveyed. Younger teachers had greater empathy capacity than elder teachers. On the other hand, teachers with a shorter service time at the Medical School displayed better empathy capacity than teachers of more years' experience. Conclusions: Most of the teachers at the Medical School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador had high empathy capacity. A strong relationship was found between teachers' age and their empathy capacity.
Translated title of the contribution | Empathy capacity of medical teachers from the pontifical catholic university of Ecuador |
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Original language | Spanish (Ecuador) |
Article number | e1724 |
Journal | Revista Cubana de Educacion Medica Superior |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - 8 Mar 2019 |
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