Study protocol for the ETMED-L project: longitudinal study of mental health and interpersonal competence of medical students in a Swiss university using a comprehensive framework of empathy

Introduction Physician interpersonal competence is crucial for patient care. How interpersonal competence develops during undergraduate medical education is thus a key issue. Literature on the topic consists predominantly of studies on empathy showing a trend of decline over the course of medical sc...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Berney, Pierre-Alexandre Bart, Martin Preisig, Valerie Carrard, Sylvie Berney, Katja Schlegel, Jacques Gaume, Mehdi Gholam, Katarzyna Wac, Marianne Schmid Mast, Céline Bourquin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-12-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/12/e053070.full