Medical Students' Perceptions of Patient-Doctor Relationship in South Korea: Concept Mapping Analysis

Introduction: The patient-doctor relationship has evolved from early paternalism to a consumerism and partnership model that emphasizes cooperation. Patient-doctor relationships might vary with the socio-cultural environment, because the medical environment affects such relationships.Method: We inve...

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Autores principales: So Jung Yune, Seung Hee Kang, Kwihwa Park
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b292bd413f194ef1b39beb8ca2837a392021-11-16T04:37:23ZMedical Students' Perceptions of Patient-Doctor Relationship in South Korea: Concept Mapping Analysis2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.658220https://doaj.org/article/b292bd413f194ef1b39beb8ca2837a392021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.658220/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565Introduction: The patient-doctor relationship has evolved from early paternalism to a consumerism and partnership model that emphasizes cooperation. Patient-doctor relationships might vary with the socio-cultural environment, because the medical environment affects such relationships.Method: We investigated the patient-doctor relationship among medical students through concept mapping analysis. Twenty-six fourth-grade Korean medical students wrote a reflection journal and participated in the concept classification and the importance evaluation of the derived concept. ALSCAL multidimensional scaling and Ward hierarchical cluster analysis were performed. Also, the 5-point Likert scale was used to evaluate the importance of the concept.Results: Sixty-six statements about the patient-doctor relationship were extracted and grouped into six clusters. The x-axis is the dimension of “Information-Respect,” and the y-axis is “Changeability-Persistence.” Six patient-doctor concepts were derived and students evaluated “Patient-centered” as the most important.Conclusions: Medical students express various concepts of the patient-doctor relationship. Considering that they may encounter various medical conditions and patients, it is necessary that they understand deeply the complex patient-doctor relationship.So Jung YuneSeung Hee KangKwihwa ParkFrontiers Media S.A.articlemedical studentpatient-doctor relationshipconcept mappingmedical educationpatient-centered carePublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
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topic medical student
patient-doctor relationship
concept mapping
medical education
patient-centered care
Public aspects of medicine
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spellingShingle medical student
patient-doctor relationship
concept mapping
medical education
patient-centered care
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
So Jung Yune
Seung Hee Kang
Kwihwa Park
Medical Students' Perceptions of Patient-Doctor Relationship in South Korea: Concept Mapping Analysis
description Introduction: The patient-doctor relationship has evolved from early paternalism to a consumerism and partnership model that emphasizes cooperation. Patient-doctor relationships might vary with the socio-cultural environment, because the medical environment affects such relationships.Method: We investigated the patient-doctor relationship among medical students through concept mapping analysis. Twenty-six fourth-grade Korean medical students wrote a reflection journal and participated in the concept classification and the importance evaluation of the derived concept. ALSCAL multidimensional scaling and Ward hierarchical cluster analysis were performed. Also, the 5-point Likert scale was used to evaluate the importance of the concept.Results: Sixty-six statements about the patient-doctor relationship were extracted and grouped into six clusters. The x-axis is the dimension of “Information-Respect,” and the y-axis is “Changeability-Persistence.” Six patient-doctor concepts were derived and students evaluated “Patient-centered” as the most important.Conclusions: Medical students express various concepts of the patient-doctor relationship. Considering that they may encounter various medical conditions and patients, it is necessary that they understand deeply the complex patient-doctor relationship.
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title Medical Students' Perceptions of Patient-Doctor Relationship in South Korea: Concept Mapping Analysis
title_short Medical Students' Perceptions of Patient-Doctor Relationship in South Korea: Concept Mapping Analysis
title_full Medical Students' Perceptions of Patient-Doctor Relationship in South Korea: Concept Mapping Analysis
title_fullStr Medical Students' Perceptions of Patient-Doctor Relationship in South Korea: Concept Mapping Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Medical Students' Perceptions of Patient-Doctor Relationship in South Korea: Concept Mapping Analysis
title_sort medical students' perceptions of patient-doctor relationship in south korea: concept mapping analysis
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