Comparative cross-sectional study of empathy among first year and final year medical students in Jimma University, Ethiopia: Steady state of the heart and opening of the eyes

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dehning, Sandra ^a   Girma, Eshetu ^b   Gasperi, Sarah ^a   Meyer, Sebastian ^a   Tesfaye, Markos ^b   Siebeck, Matthias ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cognitive empathy; Emotional empathy; Jimma University; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPATHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861338201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-34     Document Type: Article

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