Empathy in occupational therapy students: a cross-sectional study at a Spanish university.
Sergio Serrada-TejedaRosa Mª Martínez-PiedrolaElisabet Huertas HoyasNuria Máximo-BocanegraNuria Trugeda-PedrajoMª Pilar Rodríguez-PérezPatricia Sánchez-Herrera BaezaMarta Pérez-de-Heredia-TorresPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
Empathy is an essential competence for the development of quality occupational therapy practice. According to the results and although occupational therapy students showed high levels of empathy, it is important to pay attention to the evolution of empathy and to provide students with learning experiences that prevent its possible decline.