Leila Keshtkar, Amber Bennett-Weston, Andy Ward, Rachel Winter, Simon Gay, Jeremy Howick
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Background Empathy appears to decline throughout medical school and is highly variable among qualified healthcare practitioners. To address these problems, the Leicester Medical School has designed an enhanced empathy curriculum that runs throughout all five years of medical school. The impact of this curriculum must be measured.