PMC

Tutor, Peer and Self-ratings of overall interviewing skills over the communication skills training period.

Self-reported empathy among male and female medical students using the abbreviated Interpersonnal Reactivity Index questionnaire.
n = 40 students (5 students did not return the questionnaire). The possible score range was 14–70 (higher scores indicate greater self-reported empathy).

Mean faculty ratings of components of communication skills for male and female medical students
n = 44 students (34 females, 10 males, data missing for 1 female student). These data reflect the first four weeks of training only.
* = statistically significant difference between male and female students.