Table 1

Descriptive and comparative statistics for empathy self-assessment by physicians in training

		n	JSE (SD)	P value	IRI (SD)	P value
Physicians in training	Intern	35	121.14 (9.52)	<0.05	67.17 (11.56)	>0.05
Physicians in training	Resident	51	114.22 (14.26)	<0.05	65.18 (14.02)	>0.05
Physicians’ gender	Male	39	112.90 (14.6)	<0.01	59.56 (13.33)	<0.001
Physicians’ gender	Female	47	120.47 (10.35)	<0.01	71.32 (10.18)	<0.001

IRI, Interpersonal Reactivity Index; JSE, Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy.