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This study aims to investigate changes in empathy, compassion, self-compassion, and resilience among medical students over their first year.

The Preclinical-to-Clinical Empathy Dip: Early Findings from a Longitudinal Study of Medical Students

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Longitudinal study shows declines in empathy and compassion among medical students, highlighting early impact factors.

This study aims to investigate changes in empathy, compassion, self-compassion, and resilience among medical students over their first year.
Longitudinal design with 98 medical students surveyed 4 times during the academic year.
Validated measures for empathy (IRI), compassion (SCBCS), self-compassion (Neff SCS), and resilience (CD-RISC-10).
Linear mixed models analyzed changes over time with gender and race/ethnicity as covariates.
MS2 and MS3 students had significantly lower cognitive empathy and self-compassion compared to MS4 students.
Women reported higher compassion towards others but lower self-compassion and resilience than men.
A marginally significant decline in compassion and an increase in resilience were observed (p = 0.06).

Dyne et al. (2026) studied this question.

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