Empathy and big five personality model in medical students and its relationship to gender and specialty preference: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Given the influence that personality can have on empathy, this study explores the relationship between empathy and personality, using three different measures of empathy, and taking into account gender and specialty preference. Methods Cross-sectional study. One hundred and ten m...

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Main Authors: Teresa Guilera, Iolanda Batalla, Carles Forné, Jorge Soler-González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-019-1485-2