Effectiveness of professional-identity-formation and clinical communication-skills programs on medical students’ empathy in the COVID-19 context: comparison between pre-pandemic in-person classes and during-pandemic online classes
The results suggest that online classes are not inferior to in-person classes or even slightly better in enhancing medical students' empathy, which should be clarified by further studies. This study's findings have important implications for medical education and implementing hybrid class formats to enhance students' empathy.
Authors
- Hitomi Kataoka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7049-1402)
- Mikako Obika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0062-6719)
- Mayu Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4253-3465)
- Akiko Tokinobu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0962-9027)
- Chikako Fujii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0167-9065)
Institutions
- Okayama University (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Okayama University Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06597-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science