Context It has been reported that medical students become more cynical as they progress
through medical school. This can lead to a decline in empathy. Empirical research to …

Purpose This longitudinal study was designed to examine changes in medical students'
empathy during medical school and to determine when the most significant changes occur …

Background: Empathy is an indispensable skill in medicine and is an integral part of
'professionalism'. Yet, there is still increasing concern among medical educators and …

Despite the increasing awareness of the relevance of empathy in patient care, some findings
suggest that medical schools may be contributing to the deterioration of students' empathy …

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 …

Empathy is important to patient care. It enhances patients' satisfaction, comfort, self-efficacy,
and trust which in turn may facilitate better diagnosis, shared decision making, and therapy …

Background Empathy is paramount in the health care setting, optimizing communication and
rapport with patients. Recent empirical evidence suggests that empathy is associated with …

Background Empathy is important in the physician–patient relationship. Prior studies have
suggested that physician empathy may decline with clinical training. Objective To measure …

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 …

Background Empathy is essentially a desirable quality among clinicians and can be
developed during medical education. Studies from outside India have shown that higher …