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A systematic review of tests of empathy in medicine

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medical Education, July 2007
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (93rd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (83rd percentile)

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Title
A systematic review of tests of empathy in medicine
Published in
BMC Medical Education, July 2007
DOI 10.1186/1472-6920-7-24
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Authors

Joanne M Hemmerdinger, Samuel DR Stoddart, Richard J Lilford

Abstract

Empathy is frequently cited as an important attribute in physicians and some groups have expressed a desire to measure empathy either at selection for medical school or during medical (or postgraduate) training. In order to do this, a reliable and valid test of empathy is required. The purpose of this systematic review is to determine the reliability and validity of existing tests for the assessment of medical empathy.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 8 2%
United Kingdom 8 2%
Chile 3 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 503 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 70 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 61 12%
Student > Bachelor 61 12%
Student > Master 58 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 51 10%
Other 151 29%
Unknown 77 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 204 39%
Psychology 92 17%
Social Sciences 38 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 23 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 3%
Other 60 11%
Unknown 98 19%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 August 2021.
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#2,179,931
of 23,577,761 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Education
#321
of 3,504 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,604
of 68,057 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Education
#1
of 6 outputs
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