Art-making in a family medicine clerkship: How does it affect medical student empathy?

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Potash, Jordan S ^a   Chen, Julie Y ^b   Lam, Cindy Lk ^b   Chau, Vivian Tw ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Art; Empathy; Family Medicine; Medical humanities; Medical student; Reflective writing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMPATHY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE IN ART; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964315538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-014-0247-4     Document Type: Article

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