Changes in dental student empathy during training

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 509-517

  Yarascavitch, Carilynne ^a   Regehr, Glenn ^a   Hodges, Brian ^a   Haas, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Communication; Education research; Empathy; Outcomes (educational); Patient centered health care; Student characteristics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 64149086111     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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