Cross-sectional intervention study shows improved student empathy, indicating effective teaching methods in biomedical education.
The novel inclusion of real patients and their stories in biomedical, clinical, and social science lecture-based teaching has the potential to improve student learning and enhance feelings of empathy toward patients. Our findings are reproducible and transferable, and the intervention was well received by students.
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