Trajectories of medical students’ empathy nowadays: a longitudinal study using a comprehensive framework of empathy
This study revealed significant increases in cognitive empathy, affective empathy, and emotion recognition. Developments in today's medical curricula may have contributed to the observed increase in empathy. Future multisite studies are warranted to identify the features of the educational environment that impact the trajectories of empathy during medical school.
Authors
- Pierre‐Alexandre Bart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7685-8968)
- Katja Schlegel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3768-5544)
- Jacques Gaume (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9149-0994)
- Céline Bourquin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9584-2929)
- Martin Preisig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5689-4259)
- Marianne Schmid Mast (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-610X)
- Setareh Ranjbar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-2976)
- Sylvie Berney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7099-6999)
- Valérie Carrard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7355-9567)
- Alexandre Berney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9535-1222)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Hôpital de Beaumont (CH)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07051-8
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.83
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Université de Lausanne