Appropriate training based on Balint groups can improve the empathic abilities of medical students: A preliminary study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 426-429

  Airagnes, Guillaume ^a,b   Consoli, Silla M ^a,b   De Morlhon, Olivier ^c   Galliot, Anne Marie ^b   Lemogne, Cédric ^a,b,d   Jaury, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c Private Dermatology Practice   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Balint groups; Doctor patient relations; Empathy; Medical school; Questionnaires; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALINT GROUP; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

BALINT GROUPS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONS; EMPATHY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING METHODS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84899112916     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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