The association between empathy and burnout in medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Patrick Cairns,
Aleksandra Eriksen Isham,
Robert Zachariae
Abstract:Background
Burnout levels in medical students are higher than in other student groups. Empathy is an increasingly desired outcome of medical school. Empathy is negatively associated with burnout in physicians. Our objective was to quantitatively review the available literature on associations between empathy and burnout in medical students, and to explore associations between specific empathy aspects (cognitive and affective) and burnout sub-dimensions (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal acco… Show more
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