Date of Award

6-2022

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Health Professions Education

First Advisor

Dr. Sonia Haider

Second Advisor

Dr. Amber Sultan

Third Advisor

Dr. Naveed Yousuf

Department

Educational Development

Abstract

Background: Emotions have been known to play a pivotal role in developing, organizing, and motivating human beings. it can impact cognitive skills like memory, perception, reasoning, and problems solving. Similarly, in clinical settings the emotions of doctors are triggered in response to challenging situations resulting in a meaningful impact on patient care and decision-making skills. The aim of the study was to develop a valid and reliable tool which can enable the students to recognize and measure their emotions. Moreover, it also aimed to compare the emotions over medical undergraduates in clinical settings.
Method: In this mixed method study, the instrument was developed after the Focused Group discussion with undergraduate MBBS students in clinical years (years 3, 4 and 5). 10- item instrument, with a list of 13 emotions rated on a 5-point Likert scale. It was further tested for validity, reliability, feasibility, acceptability, and educational impact. Data obtained from students of all clinical years for emotions felt during clinical practice, were compared. Qualitative data was analyzed by thematic analysis whereas Fischer’s Exact test was used to analyze the quantitative data
Result: Significant differences were observed in emotions of all three years of students with p-values of 0.025, 0.020 0.007, 0.001, 0.024 and 0.032 for emotions like helplessness, sadness, anger, guilt and being grateful when encountered with various emotionally challenging scenarios in clinical settings. Reliability coefficient was 0.902 and factor analysis showed 3 factors loading. Mean time taken by the students to complete the instrument was 8 minutes. The feedback from the students indicated that it is an acceptable instrument which can help them recognize and identify their emotions in a clinical setup.
Conclusion: Based on the results, this instrument was able to identify and measure the differences in emotions of undergraduate medical students in clinical settings across the 3 years, reliably. It was also evident that the tool can play an effective role in helping the students to recognize their emotions and eventually help them manage in an effective way.

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