Point-of-view writing: A method for increasing medical students' empathy, identification and expression of emotion, and insight
Education for HealthPublished 1 February 2006
Johanna Shapiro, Lloyd Rucker, John Boker, Désirée Lie
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Training in point-of-view writing can improve medical students' written skills on certain affective dimensions, but it is not clear that these skills can translate into clinical behavior.
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Training in point-of-view writing can improve medical students' written skills on certain affective dimensions. It is not clear that these skills can translate into clinical behavior.
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