Personality Style and Empathy in Medical Students.

Kupfer, David J.; And Others

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Personality Style and Empathy in Medical Students

Kupfer, David J.; And Others

Journal of Medical Education, 53, 6, 507-9, Jun 78

This and other studies show that measurements of empathy and personality style reflect dimensions separate from those of academic achievement. Identification of students with both high MCAT scores and high empathy scores might represent one approach in predicting which students will make the best clinicians. (LBH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Empathy, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Medical Education, Medical Students, Personality, Physician Patient Relationship, Physicians, Predictor Variables, Success

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