An empirical study of decline in empathy in medical school

By M. Hojat, S. Mangione, T. Nasca, S. Rattner, J. B. Erdmann, J. Gonnella, Michael Magee. Medical Education, 2004

863 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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In General Health Professions

1. Tait D. Shanafelt
2. Lotte N. Dyrbye
3. J. Sloan
4. Matthew R. Thomas
5. P. Novotny
6. Colin P. West
7. Christine A. Sinsky
8. Daniel V. Satele

In Psychiatry and Mental health

1. Tait D. Shanafelt

In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. Lotte N. Dyrbye
2. Tait D. Shanafelt
3. J. Sloan
4. Colin P. West

Citations in the corpus

• How Do Distress and Well-being Relate to Medical Student Empathy? A Multicenter Study (2007, background): “Based on the decline in empathy through the course of medical school in several single-institution studies, a number of investigators have hypothesized the training curriculum itself may lead to or contribute to this erosion.(6,7,9) Although others have attributed the decline of compassion after sta”
• The Relationship between Empathy, Perception of Pain and Attitudes toward Pets among Norwegian Dog Owners (2010, background): “There are, however, indications that education within the fields of veterinary science, (Paul and Podberscek 2000), human medicine, and nursing (Hojat et al. 2004; Chen et al. 2007) may lead to hardening and detachment, with subsequent reduction in empathy and attitudes.”