Cognitive and behavioural empathy: are 4th and 6th medical students different?
There was no difference of scores in self-reported scales of cognitive/affective empathy between fourth and sixth-year medical students. Differences in behavioural empathy observed between fourth- and sixth- year medical students seemed to be due to changes in verbal empathy more than in nonverbal behaviour.
Authors
- Robin Lüchinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6169-2704)
- Bernard Cerutti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7929-3373)
- Aurelia Hepner
- Noelle Junod Perron
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
- Geneva College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08060-3
- Primary Topic
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Université de Genève