Forum theater staging of difficult encounters with patients to increase empathy in students: evaluation of efficacy at The University of Angers Medical School

Table 1 Empathy scores on the JSPE before and after the forum theatre sessions

JSPE scores	Forum theater sessions			P
JSPE scores	Before	1st session	2nd session	ANOVA
Global	102.0 ± 9.8	106.3 ± 9.8¹	107.8 ± 11.5^1,2	< 0.001
Perspective taking	47.8 ± 6.4	48.4 ± 6.9¹	49.7 ± 7.8^1,2	< 0.05
Compassionate care	45.1 ± 5.2	47.9 ± 4.4¹	47.7 ± 5.1¹	< 0.001
Standing in the patient’s shoes	9.3 ± 2.4	10.1 ± 2.5¹	10.5 ± 2.4¹	< 0.001

Differences between the 3 groups by ANOVA
¹ p < 0.05 with the score measured before FT sessions by least square difference post hoc tests
² p < 0.05 with the score measured after the 1st FT session by least square difference post hoc tests

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