Stability of empathy among undergraduate medical students: A longitudinal study at one UK medical school

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Results of gender comparison of IRI-EC and IRI-PT mean scores.

Empathetic Concern
Core Science component students
Year of course		Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Men		n = 309	n = 145	n = 86
	Mean (SD)	19.43 (4.02)	18.13 (4.87)	18.77 (4.15)
Women		n = 346	n = 175	n = 112
	Mean (SD)	21.07 (3.76)	21.24 (3.71)	20.84 (3.78)
		t = 5.379 p < 0.001	t = 6.479 p < 0.001	t = 3.665 p < 0.001
	Cohen's d	0.42	0.73	0.53
Clinical component students
Year of course		Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Men		n = 154	n = 81	n = 45
	Mean(SD)	19.47 (4.09)	18.89 (4.54)	19.02 (4.12)
Women		n = 182	n = 115	n = 87
	Mean(SD)	21.58 (3.54)	21.66 (3.28)	21.16 (3.48)
		t = 5.069 p < 0.001	t = 4.699 p < 0.001	t = 3.138 p = 0.002
	Cohen's d	0.56	0.72	0.58
Perspective Taking
Core Science component students
Year of Course		Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Men		n = 310	n = 145	n = 86
	Mean (SD)	18.05 (4.21)	17.60 (4.91)	18.37 (3.97)
Women		n = 346	n = 175	n = 112
	Mean (SD)	19.37 (3.98)	19.64 (4.11)	19.44 (4.53)
		t = 4.133 p < 0.001	t = 4.043 p < 0.001	t = 1.730 p = 0.085
	Cohen's d	0.32	0.47	0.25
Clinical component students
Year of Course		Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Men		n = 155	n = 81	n = 45
	Mean (SD)	17.90 (4.21)	17.75 (4.53)	18.24 (4.69)
Women		n = 183	n = 114	n = 87
	Mean (SD)	19.22 (4.20)	19.68 (3.75)	19.03 (4.21)
		t = 2.865 p < 0.004	t = 3.236 p < 0.001	t = 0.984 p = 0.327
	Cohen's d	0.31	0.47	0.18

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