Psychosocial predictors of attitudes toward physician empathy in clinical encounters among 4732 1st year medical students: A report from the CHANGES study
van Ryn M, Hardeman R, Phelan S, Burke S, Przedworski J, Allen M, Burgess D, Ridgeway J, White R, Dovidio J. Psychosocial predictors of attitudes toward physician empathy in clinical encounters among 4732 1st year medical students: A report from the CHANGES study. Patient Education And Counseling 2014, 96: 367-375. PMID: 25065328, PMCID: PMC4195739, DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.06.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical students' attitudesMedical schoolsStudents' attitudesMedical studentsFirst-year medical students' attitudesPhysician empathyMedical school curriculumFirst-year studentsUS medical schoolsYear medical studentsEmpathic careSchool curriculumStudent factorsEffective curriculumYear studentsClinical encountersDispositional empathyCurriculumStudentsDispositional characteristicsPsychosocial predictorsSchoolsEmpathyOnline questionnaireIndividual predictors