A longitudinal study of empathy in pre-clinical and clinical medical students and clinical supervisors

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Mahoney, Sarah ^a   Sladek, Ruth M ^a   Neild, Tim ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical supervisors; Empathy; Longitudinal integrated clerkships; Medical education; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MODEL; PRECLINICAL STUDY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84992428548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0777-z     Document Type: Article

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