Purpose Research is said to show that empathy declines during medical school and
residency training. These studies and their results were examined to determine the extent of …

Context Empathy is a major component of a satisfactory doctor–patient relationship and the
cultivation of empathy is a learning objective proposed by the Association of American …

Objectives Empathy is central in patient-physician interactions and understanding its
development is decisive for education. However, scientific literatures report a striking decline …

Background The importance of fostering the development of empathy in undergraduate
students is continuously emphasized in international recommendations for medical …

Despite the importance of physician empathy in patient care, empirical investigation on the
topic is scarce because of conceptual ambiguity and a lack of a psychometrically sound tool …

Background There has been much discussion in the medical literature about the importance
of empathy and physician communication style in medical practice. Empathy has been …

Background It has been shown that empathy strengthens the relationship between patients
and health professionals and also improves patient and health professional satisfaction …

Objective To synthesise qualitative studies reporting student, practitioner, or patient
experiences of empathy-training in healthcare. Methods We included qualitative studies …

Purpose Understanding medical student empathy is important to future patient care;
however, the definition and development of clinical empathy remain unclear. The authors …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical empathy of a cohort of medical
students spanning 4 years of undergraduate study and to identify factors associated with …