Abstract: This research compared the student-to-student (STS) model of injection as a default teaching strategy for dentistry students and the non-classmate-as-patient model of injection in helping dental students acquire or increase their level of empathy. This study used the quasi-experimental research design. Levels of empathy of second year dental students from a private tertiary institution were determined before and after any injection activities were performed using the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professions Students (JSE-HPS) version. One group administered the injections using the STS model of injection and another group performed the injections on their friends and family members. Pre-test and post-test scores of both groups were collected. Mean, frequency and percentage distributions, and t-test for both paired and unpaired groups were used to analyze data. Data showed that the pre-test level of empathy of second-year dental students ranged from 82 to 132 with a mean score of 107.46 (SD=10). Their post-test empathy level ranged from 82 to 134 with mean equal to 112.46 and SD=12.45. T-test yielded -3.76 at p=0.00 providing evidence that the two strategies improved the empathy level of students. Results affirm that while the overall level of empathy increased after using both strategies, only those who injected the local anesthesia to non-classmates registered a significant increase; there was no significant change for the STS group.
Keywords: Student-to-student model of injection, empathy, local anesthesia in dentistry, JSE-HPS.
Title: COMPARISON OF EMPATHY LEVELS OF DENTISTRY STUDENTS AFTER TWO TEACHING STRATEGIES OF ADMINISTERING LOCAL ANESTHESIA
Author: Celian N. Teng, Erlyn A. Sana, Maria Geraldine S. Chanco
International Journal of Thesis Projects and Dissertations (IJTPD)
Vol. 10, Issue 3, July 2022 - September 2022
Page No: 120-126
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Published Date: 05-September-2022
