Relationship of trainee dentists' self-reported empathy and communication behaviors with simulated patients' assessment in medical interviews.

OBJECTIVES:We aimed to clarify the communication behaviors between trainee dentists and simulated patients (SPs), to examine how the level of trainee dentists' self-reported empathy influences assessment by SPs in medical interviews. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study involved 100 trainee dentists...

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Main Authors: Sho Watanabe, Toshiko Yoshida, Takayuki Kono, Hiroaki Taketa, Noriko Shiotsu, Hajime Shirai, Yasuhiro Torii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203970