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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Empathy is crucial for effective physician-patient relationships.
  • Assessing empathy in medical students is vital for healthcare quality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the empathy expression abilities of medical students.
  • To identify potential gender-based differences in medical student empathy.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the modified Pencil-and-Paper Empathy Rating Test.
  • Analyzed data from 110 medical students using descriptive statistics and t-tests.
  • Employed SPSS version 21.0 for data analysis.

Main Results:

  • Medical students exhibited low-level empathy scores (mean=12.59).
  • No statistically significant difference in empathy expression was found between genders (p=0.089).

Conclusions:

  • Medical education should incorporate practical empathy training.
  • Empathy training programs should focus on behavioral change to enhance physician-patient interactions.