Journal of Social Behavior and Community Health

en Evaluating the Level of Inter Professional Communication and Collaboration Self-Efficacy and Empathy with Patients among Medical Residents in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, 2020 آموزش و سلامت Education & Health Original Article Background: Medical assistants spend numerous hours of their day in the work environment, which may influence their performance. Empathy with the patients has a significant impact on the treatment process. This study was conducted among residents of different medical disciplines to determine self-efficacy in inter professional collaboration and empathy in dealing with the patients. Methods:  This was a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study on all medical residents at Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. Data was collected via the following questionnaires: demographic (including age, gender, marital status, year of study, and specialty), Jefferson’s scale of empathy, self-efficacy, and Hagemeier’s interring professional collaboration. Results: Of the 162 questionnaires distributed, 135 were received (response rate = 83.33%). The mean age and work experience were 31.42 ± 4.56 and 2.70 ± 4.18 years, respectively. Self-efficacy scores in inter professional cooperation and teamwork was at a good level and empathy scores were at a moderate level. There was a significant relationship between marital status and self-efficacy (p = 0.03). Empathy was related to medical residents’ level of interest in their field (p = 0.019). There was no gender difference in empathy (p = 0.77) and self-efficacy scores (p = 0.36). However, males had higher inter professional communication scores compared to females (p = 0.001). Psychiatric residents had the highest and orthopedic residents had the lowest scores in empathy with the patients, empathic patient care, and emotional separation.  Conclusion: This study showed that medical residents had an acceptable level of self-efficacy and empathy, which differed among medical fields. Similar studies should be conducted to therefore assemble an educational program for medical residents to increase empathic patient care and achieve inter professional cooperation goals.   Empathy, Inter professional relations, Medical residency, Physicians, Self-efficacy 1081 1090 http://sbrh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-458-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohaddese Baghian mohaddese.baghian@gmail.com 0000-0003-1886-9049 No Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd , Iran Zanire Salimi salimizn@mums.ac.ir 0000-0003-3973-4741 No Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center , Mashhad University of Medical Sciences , Mashhad , Iran Fatemeh Keshmiri keshmiri1395@gmail.com 0000-0002-6791-2579 Yes Department of Medical Education, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd , Iran Parisa Ghasemi Noghabi P.ghasemi.n@gmail.com 0009-0004-9206-7989 No Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center , Mashhad University of Medical Sciences , Mashhad , Iran Reza Bidaki reza.bidak222@gmail.com 0000-0002-5482-9143 No 1. Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran 2. Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Fateme Hosseini Kasnavie hosseini.k.f@gmail.com No Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Tahere Sadeghiyeh dr_ta.sadeghiyeh@yahoo.com 0000-0002-7915-0049 No Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Farima Fallah Tafti farima.tafti@gmail.com 0000-0002-5289-9244 No Faculty of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran