A comparison of medical students' self-reported empathy with simulated patients' assessments of the students' empathy

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 388-391

  Berg, Katherine ^a   Majdan, Joseph F ^a   Berg, Dale ^a   Veloski, Jon ^a   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; TEACHING;

COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79955409330     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.530319     Document Type: Article

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