Rose Pollard Kaptchuk, Amber M Thomas, Amit Mickey Dhir, Sunil S Solomon, Steven J Clipman
Need for informed providers: exploring LA-PrEP access in focus groups with PrEP-indicated communities in Baltimore, Maryland
BMC public health
background empathy essential effective doctorpatient communication enables doctors understand patients emotions concerns facilitating personalized care support empathy cultivated various methods training programs objective study aims assess effectiveness multimodal intervention involving interactive lectures peer roleplay guided reflection enhancing empathy levels among secondyear medical undergraduate students india methods study utilized questionnairebased pre posttest interventional design seventynine secondyear medical students included obtaining informed consent students received intervention interactive lecture communication skills roleplay selected case studies guided reflection empathy levels assessed using toronto empathy questionnaire teq intervention mannwhitney u test utilized compare pretest posttest teq scores univariate analysis variance conducted explore relationship demographic variables posttest teq scores statistical significance considered p 005 results teq score improved significantly p0009 intervention univariate analysis indicated gender style education place residence statistically significant impact posttest scores conclusion study demonstrates multimodal intervention significantly enhances empathy level medical students highlighting potential focused interventions reduce gender disparities empathy levels significant differences empathy scores based gender place residence schooling suggesting interventions benefits may apply medical students