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Becoming an Empathetic Physician: A Look at Why Empathy Changes Throughout Medical Education

Creator:

Swanson, Emily A.

Abstract:

Though empathy has proven to be a vital component of the physician-patient relationship, recent studies have shown that medical students tend to lose empathy during their third year of medical school as they start interacting with patients for the first time. The main objective of this project was to find...

Resource Type:

Honors College Thesis

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