Psychosocial predictors of attitudes toward physician empathy in clinical encounters among 4732 1st year medical students: A report from the CHANGES study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 367-375

  van Ryn, Michelle ^a   Hardeman, Rachel R ^a   Phelan, Sean M ^a   Burke, Sara E ^a   Przedworski, Julia ^a   Allen, Michele L ^a   Burgess, Diana J ^a   Ridgeway, Jennifer ^a   White, Richard O ^a   Dovidio, John F ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Medical education; Medical students; Patient centered care

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JEFFERSON EMPATHY SCALE STUDENT VERSION; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOPOLITICAL ATTITUDE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNCERTAINTY; WELLBEING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84906791115     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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