Associations of medical student empathy with clinical competence

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 742-747

  Casas, Rachel S ^a   Xuan, Ziming ^b   Jackson, Angela H ^a   Stanfield, Lorraine E ^a   Harvey, Nanette C ^a   Chen, Daniel C ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical skills assessment; Communication skills; Medical education assessment evaluation; Medical education undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREDICTION; SELF REPORT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BOSTON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006789418     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.11.006     Document Type: Article

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