Relationship between empathy and personality traits in students of a Public Sector Medical University

Introduction: Empathy among medical students and doctors, is rather unexplored part of medical flora and fauna which may vary with each personality. Objective: to determine the correlation between empathy and personality traits of final year medical students. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Rawalpindi Medical University, Pakistan. A total of 144 medical students were included in the study. For personality traits assessment and empathy assessment, Big Five Inventory and Interpersonal Reactivity Index were used. All the data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results: The mean score for empathy scale was found to be 61.25 ± 10.0. Females were more empathetic than males in all subscales but pointedly so in empathetic concern scale. Overall empathy scale was strongly correlated with Agreeableness and Neuroticism (P<0.001). Perspective taking scale was positively related with Agreeableness and openness, Empathy concern scale was positively related with Agreeableness, and Personal Distress was positively related with Conscientiousness and Neuroticism. The demographic factors of age and gender explained only 1.7%, 6.8%, 2.4% and 2.0% of the variance in the four scales of empathy. After adjustment for age and gender, perspective taking was positively associated with Agreeableness and Openness and Personal distress was associated with Agreeableness, Neuroticism and Openness. Conclusion: We conclude that personality traits have a substantial correlation with empathy and its subscales. So we need to evaluate the personality of a medical student and tailor a set of rules for each individual consistent with their persona to develop empathy in them. Keywords: Big Five; Personality; Empathy; Medical students; Pakista

Relationship between empathy and personality traits in students of a Public Sector Medical University

Introduction: Empathy among medical students and doctors, is rather unexplored part of medical flora and fauna which may vary with each personality. Objective: to determine the correlation between empathy and personality traits of final year medical students. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Rawalpindi Medical University, Pakistan. A total of 144 medical students were included in the study. For personality traits assessment and empathy assessment, Big Five Inventory and Interpersonal Reactivity Index were used. All the data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results: The mean score for empathy scale was found to be 61.25 ± 10.0. Females were more empathetic than males in all subscales but pointedly so in empathetic concern scale. Overall empathy scale was strongly correlated with Agreeableness and Neuroticism (P<0.001). Perspective taking scale was positively related with Agreeableness and openness, Empathy concern scale was positively related with Agreeableness, and Personal Distress was positively related with Conscientiousness and Neuroticism. The demographic factors of age and gender explained only 1.7%, 6.8%, 2.4% and 2.0% of the variance in the four scales of empathy. After adjustment for age and gender, perspective taking was positively associated with Agreeableness and Openness and Personal distress was associated with Agreeableness, Neuroticism and Openness. Conclusion: We conclude that personality traits have a substantial correlation with empathy and its subscales. So we need to evaluate the personality of a medical student and tailor a set of rules for each individual consistent with their persona to develop empathy in them. Keywords: Big Five; Personality; Empathy; Medical students; Pakista

Pelayanan Sistem Iduhelp (Ilearning Education Help) Dengan Menggunakan Sistem Ilearning Survey Pada Perguruan Tinggi

Service is an activity undertaken by individuals or groups of people through the system, certain procedures and methods in order to meet the needs of others with the easiness to meet all their needs. From the development of informatics technology in today\u27s world, then by using a system called iDuHelp !, Allows students to get information about ilearning. With this system, students can enjoy the services of two services , namely online and offline. implementation of student satisfaction on a given service activity to satisfaction with the service system creates realistic, so of service iDuHelp ! provide a system that is shaped survey ilearning survey . The system can be filled by students in the form of a link, contains questions on pelyanan iDuHelp !. Thus the survey iLearning system contribute maximize quality improvement and provide good service and to improve the overall performance of the operator in providing services to customers. Many related methods of this study, such as by using the method ilearning. So that a clear research using mind mapping. In this study explained about the problems encountered and solutions are included in the form of a flowchart. the implementation of the system are protptype iDuHelp ! and iLearning Survey .Results in the form of a graph of Isur customer response to operator services and systems, so it is useful to improve the overall service quality iDuHelp! system

Pengaruh Loyalitas terhadap Kinerja Guru SD Awal

- Sekolah memeliki peran penting dalam suksesnya tujuan pendidikan nasional. Komponen di sekolah berkontribusi secara aktif dalam keberhasilan proses pendidikan di sekolah, termasuk guru sebagai pengajar dan pendidik. Guru hendaknya memiliki loyalitas kerja dalam mendidik di sekolah, karena dengan loyalitas yang tinggi maka kinerja guru akan menjadi baik yang berdampak pada peningkatan kualitas mengajar. Namun pada saat sekarang banyak guru yang kurang memiliki loyalitas kerja. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut perlu diteliti dan ditelaah pengaruh loyalitas guru-guru sekolah dasar (SD) di bawah Yayasan Pesantren Islam Al Azhar. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kuantitatif dengan pengisian kuesioner oleh sejumlah sampel sebanyak 42 guru dari total 140 guru dengan teknik sampling acak sederhana. Dari hasil penelitian diperoleh kesimpulan bahwa loyalitas guru berpengaruh terhadap kinerja guru yang ditandai dengan perolehan koefisien determinasi (r2y) sebesar = 0,932 yang berarti bahwa 93,2% loyalitas guru (X) berpengaruh terhadap kinerja guru dan 6,8% ditentukan oleh faktor lain. Hasil analisis menunjukkan nilai t hitung = 0,349 selanjutnya diperoleh nilai ttabel untuk signifikansi 5% diperoleh nilai t tabel = 1,64. Hasil thitung sebesar 0,349 lebih kecil dari ttabel = 1,64 sehingga H1 ditolak dan H0 diterima. Hal ini berarti variabel loyalitas guru berpengaruh tidak signifikan terhadap kinerja guru

Penggunaan Alat Pelindung Diri pada Pengunduh Sarang Burung Walet: Studi Etnografi Perilaku Keselamatan Kerja di Pantai Karangduwur

The use of personal protective equipment by swallow nest harvesters: an ethnographic study on safety behavior at Karangduwur BeachPurposeThe purpose of this study was to determine the behavior of traditional self-protection used by the swallow nest harvesters.MethodsThis research is a qualitative study with an ethnographic approach. The researchers participated in observing the behavior of bird swallow nest harvesters. The sample was chosen purposively based on the recommendation of the village head. Primary data were obtained through in-depth interviews and field observations. Secondary data were collected through document search on swiftlet nest download. The study was conducted from August-October 2016 with the instruments of interview guides, observation sheets and documents.ResultsDHarvesters used non-standard personal protective equipment. Downloaders tended to use traditional personal protective equipment, with the reasoning that using too much protection will interrupt the harvesting process. ConclusionThe use of personal protective equipment by harvesters is influenced by an interaction of factors between individuals and the environment and vice versa. The concerned agencies should pay close attention to the use of personal protective equipment used by Swallow's nest harvesters

Vice-Chancellor's Gender Equality Fund Final Report 2019: Redressing the Promotion Gap: Practices and Processes to Minimise Gender Disparities in Academic Advancement

Like many universities in Australia and internationally, women at Western Sydney University (WSU) remain under-represented in senior academic positions. In addition, there is a persistent gender pay gap for female academic staff across the institution. Despite the robust literature, researchers and higher education institutions have struggled to understand how vertical gender segregation might be alleviated in academia, and to establish effective gender equity programs which target gender differences in promotion. In addition, little research has evaluated the impact of existing programs beyond the individual level and in comparison to other institutional initiatives. The degree to which gender initiatives are effective in making change is one of the most important and challenging questions in striving for gender equity in contemporary universities, yet this has been inadequately addressed by researchers. There are two key research questions for this project: how does WSU’s promotion policy and process compare with other Australian institutions, and; how might WSU alter current policy and practice to reduce the gender promotion gap? Data was collected through interviews with women academics who had progressed to Professor or Associate Professor whilst at Western Sydney, and both internal and external members of the Western Sydney University Academic Promotions Committee. The research also included an assessment of the WSU promotions policy and relevant promotions and gender equality process documents, and a comparison was carried out between WSU and two other institutions. We find that women are at a disadvantage in achieving measures of excellence in academic competitions for promotion. What is more, gender bias also works around these measures, so that even when women do successfully compete in terms of the metrics, they are blocked by institutional gatekeepers or marginalized and stigmatized for attempting to play a game for which they are seen to be corporeally mismatched. These processes were recognized by the women who bid for promotion but also by several of the promotions committee members. Although there is some useful policy and processes in place in our institutions in relation to promotion, gender bias continues to work through cultural practices. There is also evidence of a reticence to see the metrics of excellence, that serve academic capitalism very well, as anything but neutral or to see gender inequities as systemic. In order to redress the promotion gap, we therefore need to challenge these perceptions and look to cultural and educative solutions. This project provides recommendations for increasing women’s promotion rates, which will also assist in reducing the gender pay gap