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Increasing empathy among medical students
Author(s) -
KRAMER D.,
BER R.,
MOORE M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1989.tb00881.x
Subject(s) - empathy , medical education , interview , communication skills , social skills , interpersonal communication , psychology , interpersonal relationship , medicine , social psychology , political science , law , psychotherapist
Summary. The objective of the research was to evaluate the short‐ and long‐term effectiveness of teaching medical students interviewing skills. Methods of teaching communication skills included a workshop for clinical instructors, as an indirect approach, a workshop for medical students, as a direct approach, and a combination of both. Results demonstrated that in order to stimulate medical students to use supporting‐interview skills, they themselves should participate in an interpersonal skills workshop. Being taught these skills by teachers who have participated in the workshop does not have the same positive effect.