Open AccessThe Impact of Meeting Patients with Neurological Disorders on Medical Student Empathy
Author(s) -
Catherine Eve Tisdale,
Asa C. Black,
Sandip Jain,
Ervin Lowther,
Lee Madeline,
Chris Troup,
Thomas I. Nathaniel,
Lauren Fowler
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical science educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2156-8650
DOI - 10.1007/s40670-020-01102-z
Subject(s) - empathy , multivariate analysis of variance , test (biology) , psychology , clinical psychology , curriculum , medical school , medicine , psychiatry , medical education , paleontology , pedagogy , machine learning , computer science , biology
Empathy tends to decline during medical education, typically beginning in the third year of medical school and often continuing throughout residency and the physician's medical career. The purpose of this study was to determine if first year medical student empathy is affected by small group interactions with patients with neurological disorders, and to investigate if changes in empathy persisted over time.