TY - JOUR AU - Pohontsch, N. J. AU - Stark, A. AU - Ehrhardt, M. AU - Kötter, T. AU - Scherer, M. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/05 TI - Influences on students’ empathy in medical education: an exploratory interview study with medical students in their third and last year JO - BMC Medical Education SP - 231 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Empathy is beneficial for patients and physicians. It facilitates treatment and improves physical and psychosocial outcomes. The therapeutic relevance of empathy emphasizes the need to help medical students develop their empathic abilities. Our study aimed to identify factors which promote or hinder the development and expression of empathy in medical students during the course of their studies. SN - 1472-6920 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-018-1335-7 DO - 10.1186/s12909-018-1335-7 ID - Pohontsch2018 ER -