Self-administered and observed empathy measures can yield opposite trajectories during clinical training, as one longitudinal study found declining self-reported but improving observed empathy¶
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q2 i? In a longitudinal study applying both self-administered empathy measures and observed empathy in an OSCE, second-year students had higher self-administered scores than third-year students, with the opposite pattern for observed scores. → Andersen Freja Allerelli 2020
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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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The review reports on a longitudinal single-institution study by Chen et al. using JSPE-S and OSCE evaluation, noting a trend towards a decline in measured empathy with a self-administered instrument but an improvement in observed empathy among clinically experienced third-year students.
"Chen et al. [38] conducted a longitudinal study, applying both self-administered empathy measures and observed empathy in an OSCE. It showed higher self-administered empathy scores among second-year students compared to third-year students and the opposite for the observed empathy scores."
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- Empathy and communication interventions show short-term gains but evidence on persistence over time is inconsistent — related
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