DOI:

10.37988/1811-153X_2020_3_48

Research of empathy and positive thinking of a dentist as a condition of professional competence

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Authors

  • I.N. Chechina 1, PhD in Medical sciences, associate professor of the Pediatric dentistry department, director of the Simulation center
  • Yu.Yu. Gurevich 1, PhD in Medical sciences, associate professor of the Prosthodontics department
  • Yu.Yu. Gurevich 1, PhD in Medical sciences, associate professor of the Prosthodontics department
  • E.A. Podzorova 1, PhD in Medical sciences, associate professor of the Pediatric dentistry department
  • T.V. Voblova 1, PhD in Medical sciences, associate professor of the Therapeutic dentistry department
  • K.O. Kudrina 1, assistant at the Pediatric dentistry Department
  • 1 Altai State Medical University, 656038, Barnaul, Russia

Abstract

A professionally oriented approach in modern dentistry requires the formation of communication skills of the dentist and the ability to establish favorable psycho-emotional contact with the patient, since the fear of dental treatment in many patients is too strong. The relaxed and trusting relationship between the doctor and the patient improves the outcome of the treatment. Patients who feel calm with the doctor, tolerate dental interventions easier, need lower doses of sedatives and anesthetics. The patient’s great excitement or fear makes him consciously or unconsciously resist the doctor’s actions, which results in unpleasant sensations both in the patient and the doctor, and the likelihood of developing complications of a general nature (fainting, hypertensive crisis, collapse, etc.) increases. The aim — to study the empathy and positive thinking of dentists, teachers of clinical departments of the faculty of dentistry of Altay State Medical University (AGMU). These qualities are invariant components of the personality and important conditions for the formation of professional competence. Materials and methods. A study of 38 dentists who are the teachers of the clinical departments of the Faculty of Dentistry of the AGMU was conducted. The levels of empathy and the severity of the various channels of empathy in dentists were evaluated according to the method of V.V. Boyko. To identify the level of positive thinking style in doctors, the method of L.M. Rudina. Results. The general indicator of the level of empathy in the study group of dentists in general corresponds to a level above the average. The results of the optimism test showed that doctors in 75% of cases formed a positive thinking style. Conclusions. These indicators demonstrate that representatives of the studied group of medical workers do not have trouble in establishing psycho-emotional contact with patients.

Key words:

dentistry, communication skills, professional level of a dentist, empathy, positive thinking, professional competence

For Citation

[1]
Chechina I.N., Gurevich Yu.Yu., Gurevich Yu.Yu., Podzorova E.A., Voblova T.V., Kudrina K.O. Research of empathy and positive thinking of a dentist as a condition of professional competence. Clinical Dentistry (Russia).  2020; 3 (95): 48—52. DOI: 10.37988/1811-153X_2020_3_48

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September 15, 2020