How does medical education affect empathy and compassion in medical students? A meta-ethnography: BEME Guide No. 57

@article{Krishnasamy2019HowDM,
  title={How does medical education affect empathy and compassion in medical students? A meta-ethnography: BEME Guide No. 57},
  author={Charmaine Krishnasamy and Sik Yin Ong and May Eng Loo and Jill Thistlethwaite},
  journal={Medical Teacher},
  year={2019},
  volume={41},
  pages={1220 - 1231}
}
Abstract Background: Empathy and compassion are important in healthcare delivery, and are necessary qualities in medical students. Aims: To explore medical students', patients' and educators' perceptions of what affects empathy and the expression of compassion; and to address gaps in knowledge, attitudes and skills on how education affects empathy and the expression of compassion in medical students. Methods: The seven steps by Noblit and Hare were used for this meta-ethnography. Databases were… 
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