Empathy in Chinese eight-year medical program students: differences by school year, educational stage, and future career preference

Abstract Backgroud To examine the psychometric properties of a Chinese translation of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (Student-version, JSE-S), and to study differences in empathy scores among eight-year undergraduate medical students across gender, year of study, and future career preference. Method...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dongju Li, Huiming Xu, Mingyi Kang, Shulan Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-018-1348-2