Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 1: Sense of Self in Biomedical Engineering Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Jill Lunn, Florida International University; Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

framework of Zaki’s model of empathy [13],there is some overlap between the IRI sub-scales and empathy components. We describe eachfurther below, as these connections are employed in the analysis of our research: • Sharing: The affective/emotional component of Zaki’s model aligns with the affective/emotional subscale of Personal Distress (PD). • Thinking About:The focus on cognitive processes aligns with the cognitive subscale of Perspective Taking (PT). • Caring About: The compassion and “empathic concern” that motivates action to help others maps directly to the Davis IRI subscale with the name, Empathic Concern (EC).To better understand the links that may exist between students’ self-perceptions and empathyobserved in