Vocational satisfaction, coping strategies, and perceived stress as factors of ‘burnout’ in clinical dental students

Pérez, Francisco

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“…There are rises and sharp drops in 4 th and 5 th year. Unfortunately, these studies did not analyzed other variables such as the level of stress or the burnout syndrome, which clearly have a major impact on the relationship a professional or student develops with his/her patients 29 .…”

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Empathetic Orientation in Dentistry students from Latin America. Literature review.

Vera¹

2014

Joralres

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Empathy, defined as 'the capacity to relate to someone else's perspective or mental state', has a strong impact on the physician-patient relationship and has the potential to improve the quality of health care. The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) measures empathy in terms of quantity. It was created to assist medical students, physicians, and people related to health care in general and it has been validated into Spanish showing adequate psychometric properties. The concern for empathy in dentistry students is related to the need for training not only technically, but also socially skilled professionals, since social abilities have a strong impact on performance as well as in the patient's appreciation and satisfaction. The goal of this report is to show all the studies using the JSE scale for measuring empathy in dentistry students from Latin America. The reviewed studies show the empathy levels vary in Latin-American dentistry students when comparing gender and class year variables. Also, there is a tendency to find higher empathy levels when it comes to women's performance and that of those soon to be graduate. However, the criteria did not account for more than 20% of the variance of empathy in these studies. Therefore, it would be necessary to keep researching in this field, taking different predictor variables into consideration in order to understand what factors are associated with the presence and intensity of empathy, and their impact in clinical practice. Keywords: Empathy, students, dentistry.Orientación empática en estudiantes de odontología de Latinoamérica. Revisión de la literatura.Resumen: La empatía, definida como la "Identificación mental y afectiva de un sujeto con el estado de ánimo de otro" tiene un fuerte impacto en la relación médico-paciente y tiene el potencial de mejorar la calidad de la atención en salud. La Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE), es una escala que mide cuantitativamente la empatía. Fue creada para estudiantes de medicina, médicos y estudiantes y trabajadores de otras carreras de la salud y fue validada al idioma castellano demostrando propiedades psicométricas adecuadas. La preocupación por la empatía en los estudiantes de odontología se relaciona con la necesidad de formar profesionales competentes, no sólo en el aspecto técnico, sino también en las habilidades sociales, las que tienen un gran impacto en el rendimiento, así como en la apreciación y satisfacción del paciente. El objetivo de la presente revisión es presentar todos los estudios en que se ha aplicado la escala JSE en estudiantes de odontología de Latinoamérica. Según lo encontrado, la empatía presenta un comportamiento variable en los estudiantes de odontología latinoamericanos, al comparar variables sexo y año de la carrera, existiendo una tendencia a mostrar mayores niveles de empatía en el sexo femenino y en los cursos superiores, sin embargo, en ninguno de los estudios estas variables explicaron más allá del 20% de la varianza de la empatía. Por lo mismo, resulta necesario seguir investigando s...

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Empathetic Orientation in Dentistry students from Latin America. Literature review.

Vera¹

2014

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“…In any case, these investigations [13][14] have demonstrated that there is a poor correlation between the variables mentioned above. Therefore, appropriateness of the selection tools used to enter dentistry and the need for more comprehensive processes, including academic performance, manual dexterity, personality variables 15 , and possibly adding career vocation as in other countries, can be questioned 16 .…”

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“…Despite this, a point of comparison with the United States can be made [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] . In this country, there are approximately five thousand quotas to study dentistry, one for each sixty thousand inhabitants 10 ; Chile has ten times that proportion 8 .…”

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Distribution of PSU Scores for Dentistry Schools in Chile during 2012-2014.

Espinoza

2014

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To describe distribution of applicants' scores in the University Selection Test (Prueba de Selección Universitaria, PSU) for dentistry in Chilean universities associated with the PSU test between 2012 and 2014. Methodology: A retrospective study based on the applicants' records to dentistry in universities associated with the PSU admission process from 2012 to 2014. Results: There were twenty careers, representing sixteen universities associated with the PSU process. From them, ten were private and ten traditional. Overall, 19,469 students applied and 6,105 were summoned to fill 4,828 vacancies during the period under study. There was a drop in the number of applicants per vacancy from 5.30 to 3.11 and the selection per quota rose from 1.23 to 1.32, varying mostly in private universities. The weighted average score was 662.78 ± 44.73 with a steady decline without differences regarding sex mostly in private universities. Conclusions: During 2012-2014, there were fewer candidates for dentistry, as well as lower scores primarily affecting private schools. Distribución de los puntajes PSU en la carrera de Odontología en Chile durante 2012-2014.Resumen: Describir la distribución de los puntajes PSU de los postulantes a odontología en las universidades chilenas adscritas al proceso PSU durante los años 2012 a 2014. Metodología: Estudio retrospectivo a partir de los registros de postulantes a las carreras de odontología en universidades adscritas al proceso PSU en las admisiones 2012 a 2014. Resultados: Se incluyeron 20 carreras, que representan a 16 universidades adscritas al proceso PSU, 10 de ellas privadas y 10 tradicionales En términos globales durante el período en estudio postularon 1.9469 personas, siendo 6.105 seleccionados en primer llamado para un total 4.828 cupos disponibles; se observa una disminución de los postulantes por cupo desde 5,30 a 3,11 y los llamados por cupo disponible subieron desde 1,23 a 1,32, variando mayormente en universidades privadas; el puntaje ponderado promedio fue 662,78 ±44,73 con una baja sostenida, mayor en universidades privadas y sin diferencias por sexo. Conclusiones: Durante el periodo 2012-2014 hubo menos postulantes a odontología, así como una baja de los puntajes que afecta principalmente a planteles privados. Palabras clave: Estudiantes de odontología, Chile, elección de carrera, admisión universitaria.

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“…This report is a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study conducted nationwide in a group of universities that belong to the "Scientific National Association of Dental Students" (ANACEO, for its acronym in Spanish), detailed in the previously published protocol 12 . An invitation was made to the 14 universities participating in ANACEO, five of which agreed to take part in this study.…”

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Utilization of therapies for stress management in Chilean clinical dental students.

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Ortíz²,

Caro³

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Dental students suffer greater stress than the rest of the university population. In general, most health students seek little assistance to help them cope with stress. The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of therapies to manage stress in Chilean clinical dental students. A cross-sectional study was conducted nationwide; this report is a secondary data analysis. The study population was dental students in clinical years (4 th and 5 th ) of 5 Chilean dental schools: Antofagasta, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Concepción, and La Frontera. This paper reports the use of therapies for stress management during the past six months considering four options: medical/psychiatric, psychological, self-medication and alternative. Tabulation and analysis were done in STATA 10/SE. Three hundred thirty-seven students were surveyed, 54.01% were men and 64.99% were in fourth year, with an average age of 22.94±2.04. The 48.07% of students have used any of the four types of therapies; women and fourth-year students use more any form of therapy with 53.30% (p=.037) and 48.86% (p=.694), respectively, than men and fifth year students. About half of the students have used some form of therapy to manage stress in the last six months; of the students that received therapy, the percentage of women was significantly higher.

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Vocational satisfaction, coping strategies, and perceived stress as factors of ‘burnout’ in clinical dental students

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Empathetic Orientation in Dentistry students from Latin America. Literature review.

Empathetic Orientation in Dentistry students from Latin America. Literature review.

Distribution of PSU Scores for Dentistry Schools in Chile during 2012-2014.

Utilization of therapies for stress management in Chilean clinical dental students.

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