Female medical students were reported to have higher empathy scores than male students in 18 of the included studies, with no gender differences found in seven cross-sectional studies¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Female students were reported to have higher empathy scores compared to male students in 16 cross-sectional and 2 longitudinal studies. → Andersen Freja Allerelli 2020 q2 i? No gender differences were detected in seven cross-sectional studies, and one longitudinal study found lower emotional empathy among men while women showed no change. → Andersen Freja Allerelli 2020

Evidence¶

Andersen Freja Allerelli 2020¶

Andersen Freja Allerelli, Johansen Ann-Sofie Bering, Søndergaard Jens, Andersen Christina Maar, Assing Hvidt Elisabeth. (2020). Revisiting the trajectory of medical students' empathy, and impact of gender, specialty preferences and nationality: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-1964-5

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Synthesis across the review's 30 included studies. The review reports "Female students were reported to have higher empathy scores compared to male students in 16 cross-sectional and 2 longitudinal studies", while no differences between genders were detected in seven cross-sectional studies.

"Female students were reported to have higher empathy scores compared to male students in 16 cross-sectional and 2 longitudinal studies [21, 24, 27, 34–37, 39, 40, 42–44, 47–50, 53, 56]."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

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