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"Critical-incident reports" are short narratives of events judged to be particularly meaningful by participants in the events^1,2,3. Our medical students wrote such reports at the beginning, in the middle, and in the latter part of their third year, while participating in a required course on the patient-doctor relationship. The students met weekly with faculty members in small groups^4,5,6. Assignments for critical-incident reports were open-ended; students were asked to pick an event they felt was important to their learning and to write a short account of it.

An example is this excerpt from a critical-incident report of a third-year . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Expressions of Empathy

Difficulty in Acculturating

The Struggle between Empathy and Acculturation

Blending Empathy with Acculturation

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