Project data establish national norm empathy scores for osteopathic medical students

Data from phase 1 of the nationwide Project in Osteopathic Medical Education and Empathy, or POMEE, have been used to develop the first and only national norm table of empathy scores for any first-year medical student enrolled in osteopathic colleges in the United States.
“The data garnered from the first phase of the POMEE study are truly groundbreaking and will pave the way for future research on the critical topic of empathy,” Mohammadreza Hojat, PhD, of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, said in a press release. “The significance of physician (Read more...)

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