title: [Empathy, inter-professional collaboration, and lifelong medical learning in Spanish and Latin-American physicians-in-training who start their postgraduate training in hospitals in Spain. Preliminary outcomes].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify similarities and differences in empathy, abilities toward inter-professional collaboration, and lifelong medical learning, between Spanish and Latin-American physicians-in-training who start their posgraduate training in teaching hospitals in Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational study using self-administered questionnaires.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five teaching hospitals in the province of Barcelona, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Spanish and Latin-American physicians-in-training who started their first year of post-graduate medical training.
  
  
  METHODS
  Empathy was measured using the Jefferson scale of empathy. Abilities for inter-professional collaboration were measured using the Jefferson scale attitudes towards nurse-physician collaboration. Learning was measured using the Jefferson scale of medical lifelong learning scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From a sample of 156 physicians-in-training, 110 from Spain and 40 from Latin America, the Spanish group showed the highest empathy (p<.05). On the other hand, Latin-American physicians had the highest scores in lifelong learning abilities (p<.001). A positive relationship was found between empathy and inter-professional collaboration for the whole sample (r=+0.34; p<.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results confirm previous preliminary data and underline the positive influence of empathy in the development of inter-professional collaboration abilities. In Latin-American physicians who start posgraduate training programs, lifelong learning abilities have a positive influence on the development of other professional competencies.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Computación Científica (GRUCACI), Logroño, España; Área de Salud, Nutrición y Bioética, Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (FUNIBER), Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: San-Martín
authors.affiliation: Institut Borja de Bioètica (IBB), Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Roig-Carrera
authors.affiliation: Comisión de Docencia, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Villalonga-Vadell
authors.affiliation: Comité de Ética Asistencial, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benito-Sevillano
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Fundació Hospital de L'Esperit Sant, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Miquel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torres-Salinas
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Claret-Teruel
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurología, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Bernabé
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Robles
authors.affiliation: Comisión de Docencia, Althaia-Xarxa Assistencial Universitària, Manresa, España.
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sans-Boix
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Psiquiatría de Enlace, Psiconcología y Cuidados Paliativos, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México.
authors.forename: Adelina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alcorta-Garza
authors.affiliation: Área de Salud, Nutrición y Bioética, Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (FUNIBER), Barcelona, España; Plataforma de Bioética y Educación Médica, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja (CIBIR), Logroño, España; Centro Nacional de Documentación en Bioética, Logroño, España. Electronic address: lvivanco@riojasalud.es.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vivanco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007843:Latin America; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Academic medical centres; Aprendizaje permanente; Empathy; Empatía; Hospital docente; Lifelong learning; Médico residente; Physician-nurse relations; Physicians; Relación médico-enfermera