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Development of student empathy during medical education: changes and the influence of context and training
Dujeepa D. Samarasekera, Shuh Shing Lee, Su Ping Yeo, Gominda Ponnamperuma
Korean J Med Educ 2022;34(1):17-26.
Published online March 1, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2022.216
Purpose
Empathy levels have been observed to often decrease when medical undergraduates move to the clinical years, particularly in the Western countries. However, empathy either remains similar or increases in many Asian medical schools. This study investigated the longitudinal empathy profile of medical students in Singapore.
Methods
Two cohorts of medical students who enrolled in 2013 and 2014 to the National University of Singapore were tracked for 5 years. The Jefferson Scale of Empathy–student version was used. Analyses on the mean of the empathy level and individual factors, year-wise and gender comparison were conducted.
Results
Average response rates for cohort 1 and 2 were 68.1% (n=181–263) and 55.4% (n=81–265), respectively. For both cohorts, there was no significant change across year of study in the mean empathy score. Average scores for both cohorts were 113.94 and 115.66. Though not significant, we observed mean empathy to be lowest at the end of year 5 (112.74) and highest in year 2 (114.72) for cohort 1 while for cohort 2, the lowest level of empathy was observed in year 5 (114.20) and highest in year 4 (118.42). Analysis of subcomponents of empathy only showed a significant difference for cohort one factor 1 (perspective taking) and factor 3 (standing in patients’ shoes) across the study years.
Conclusion
No significant change in empathy score was observed during the transition from pre-clinical to clinical years, unlike many Western and Far-Eastern studies. This might be due to the curriculum and influence of the Asian values.

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    Masooma Naseem, Burhanuddin Tahir, Afia Salman, Sara Qadir, Rida Farhan, Sajjad Ali, Zehra Naseem, Warda Ahmed, Mahfuza Anan
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Mobile learning in clinical settings: unveiling the paradox
Shuh Shing Lee, Sook Muay Tay, Ashokka Balakrishnan, Su Ping Yeo, Dujeepa D. Samarasekera
Korean J Med Educ 2021;33(4):349-367.
Published online November 30, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2021.204
Purpose
The use of mobile devices among medical students and residents to access online material in real-time has become more prevalent. Most literature focused on the technical/functional aspects of mobile use. This study, on the other hands, explored students, doctors and patients’ preferences and reasons towards the use of mobile devices in clinical settings underpinned by the Technology Acceptance Model 2 (TAM 2).
Methods
This research employs an exploratory research design using survey and semi-structured interviews. An online survey was administered to clinical year medical students, followed by semi-structured interviews with the doctors and patients. Questions for the online survey and semi-structured interviews were derived from previous literature and was then reviewed by authors and an expert panel. A convenience sampling was used to invite voluntary participants.
Results
Survey findings showed that most medical students used their devices to find drug information and practice guidelines. The majority of the students accessed UpToDate followed by Google to access medical resources. Key barriers that students often encountered during the use of mobile devices were internet connectivity in the clinical settings, reliability of the information, and technical issues. Thematic analysis of the interviews revealed four themes: general usage by students, receptivity of the use of mobile devices by students, features in selecting resources for mobile learning, and limitation in the current use of mobile devices for learning.
Conclusion
The findings from this study assist in recommending suitable material using mobile devices to enhance learning in the clinical environment and expand the TAM 2.

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Medical Education in an Asian Context

Admission policies and methods at crossroads: a review of medical school admission policies and methods in seven Asian countries
Diantha Soemantri, Indika Karunathilake, Jen-Hung Yang, Shan-Chwen Chang, Chyi-Her Lin, Vishna D. Nadarajah, Hiroshi Nishigori, Dujeepa D. Samarasekera, Shuh Shing Lee, Lilybeth R. Tanchoco, Gominda Ponnamperuma
Korean J Med Educ 2020;32(3):243-256.
Published online July 21, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2020.169
Selecting the right applicants is an important part of medical student admission. While one universally accepted selection criterion is academic capacity, there are other criteria such as communication skills and local criteria (e.g., socio-cultural values) that are no less important. This article reviews the policies and methods of selection to medical schools in seven countries with varying socio-economic conditions and healthcare systems. Senior academics involved in medical education in Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan completed a pre-agreed pro-forma per each country to describe the country’s admission policies and methods. The details were then compared and contrasted. This review identifies tension between many of the policies and methods used in medical school admissions, such as between the need to assess non-cognitive abilities and widen access, and between the need for more medical professionals and the requirement to set high entry standards. Finding the right balance requires careful consideration of all variables, including the country’s human resource needs; socio-economic status; graduates’ expected competencies; and the school’s vision, mission, and availability of resources.

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Original Research
Faculty development in medical education: an environmental scan in countries within the Asia pacific region
Dujeepa D. Samarasekera, Shuh Shing Lee, Ardi Findyartini, Rita Mustika, Hiroshi Nishigori, Shunsuke Kimura, Young-Mee Lee
Korean J Med Educ 2020;32(2):119-130.
Published online May 28, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2020.160
Purpose
In recent years, faculty development (FD) research is more noticeable within an inter-professional context and in allied health education. However, there is a paucity of published literature on FD medical education programs in Asia. With the formation of the Asia Pacific Medical Education Network (APME-Net) in 2015, a scoping review of an environmental scan of FD medical education programs in main institutions in South East Asia and Australia in 2018 was conducted.
Methods
A survey was developed to collect data on FD in medical education after several rounds of discussion with APME-Net members. The representatives from nine countries in Asia and Australia were invited to partner in this research project. They sent the questionnaire to the Dean of all different medical schools after ethical clearance. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results
Only institutions in four countries responded to the questionnaire. The medical/health professions education center/department/unit has been established in most educational institutions in these countries. These centers/departments/units mostly carry out FD programs to improve the teaching and learning skills of trained participants, particularly clinical teachers via workshops and seminars. Staffing issues and participant buy-in are the current key priorities of the center/department/unit in terms of FD. Lastly, research related FD program has not been well-supported in these countries, hence, the lack of publication in this area.
Conclusion
Collaboration between countries to address key areas of interest and develop more standardized and productive FD medical education is required especially in research.

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Improving a newly adapted teaching and learning approach: Collaborative Learning Cases using an action research
Shuh Shing Lee, Shing Chuan Hooi, Terry Pan, Chong Hui Ann Fong, Dujeepa D. Samarasekera
Korean J Med Educ 2018;30(4):295-308.
Published online December 1, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2018.104
Purpose
Although medical curricula are now better structured for integration of biomedical sciences and clinical training, most teaching and learning activities still follow the older teacher-centric discipline-specific formats. A newer pedagogical approach, known as Collaborative Learning Cases (CLCs), was adopted in the medical school to facilitate integration and collaborative learning. Before incorporating CLCs into the curriculum of year 1 students, two pilot runs using the action research method was carried out to improve the design of CLCs.
Methods
We employed the four-phase Kemmis and McTaggart‘s action research spiral in two cycles to improve the design of CLCs. A class of 300 first-year medical students (for both cycles), 11 tutors (first cycle), and 16 tutors (second cycle) were involved in this research. Data was collected using the 5-points Likert scale survey, open-ended questionnaire, and observation.
Results
From the data collected, we learned that more effort was required to train the tutors to understand the principles of CLCs and their role in the CLCs sessions. Although action research enables the faculty to improve the design of CLCs, finding the right technology tools to support collaboration and enhance learning during the CLCs remains a challenge.
Conclusion
The two cycles of action research was effective in helping us design a better learning environment during the CLCs by clarifying tutors’ roles, improving group and time management, and meaningful use of technology.

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Impact of faculty development programs for positive behavioural changes among teachers: a case study
Shuh Shing Lee, Chaoyan Dong, Su Ping Yeo, Matthew CE Gwee, Dujeepa D. Samarasekera
Korean J Med Educ 2018;30(1):11-22.
Published online February 28, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2018.77
Purpose
Faculty development (FD) is essential to prepare faculty members to become effective teachers to meet the challenges in medical education. Despite the growth of FD programmes, most evaluations were often conducted using short questionnaires to assess participants’ satisfaction immediately after they attended a programme. Consequently, there were calls for more rigorous evaluations based on observed changes in participants’ behaviours. Hence, this study aims to explore how the FD workshops run by the Centre for Medical Education, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore have impacted behavioural changes in the educators.
Methods
We followed up with the educators at least half a year after they have attended the workshops. With limited literature as reference, we initiated a small-scale case-study research design involving semi-structured interviews with six educators which was triangulated with three focus group discussions with their students. This allowed us to explore behavioural changes among the educators as well as evaluate the feasibility of this research methodology.
Results
We identified three emerging categories among the educators: ignorance to awareness, from intuition to confirmation and expansion, and from individualism to community of practice.
Conclusion
Although FD have placed much emphasis on teaching and learning approaches, we found that the teacher-student interaction or human character components (passionate, willing to sacrifice, are open to feedback) in becoming a good educator are lacking in our FD workshops.

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