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Joseph S. Gonnella
Researcher at Thomas Jefferson University
Publications - 148
Citations - 11905
Joseph S. Gonnella is an academic researcher from Thomas Jefferson University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Empathy & Health care. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 140 publications receiving 10718 citations. Previous affiliations of Joseph S. Gonnella include Jefferson College.
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The Devil is in the Third Year: A Longitudinal Study of Erosion of Empathy in Medical School
Mohammadreza Hojat,Michael J. Vergare,Kaye Maxwell,George C. Brainard,Steven K. Herrine,Gerald A. Isenberg,John Veloski,Joseph S. Gonnella +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that a significant decline in empathy occurs during the third year of medical school, and it is ironic that the erosion of empathy occurs when the curriculum is shifting toward patient-care activities; this is when empathy is most essential.
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Physician empathy: definition, components, measurement, and relationship to gender and specialty.
Mohammadreza Hojat,Joseph S. Gonnella,Thomas J. Nasca,Salvatore Mangione,Michael J. Vergare,Michael S. Magee +5 more
TL;DR: Three meaningful factors emerged (perspective taking, compassionate care, and standing in the patient's shoes) to provide support for the construct validity of the empathy scale that was found to be internally consistent with relatively stable scores over time.
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Physicians' Empathy and Clinical Outcomes for Diabetic Patients
Mohammadreza Hojat,Daniel Z. Louis,Fred W. Markham,Richard C. Wender,Carol Rabinowitz,Joseph S. Gonnella +5 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis of a positive relationship between physicians' empathy and patients' clinical outcomes was confirmed, suggesting that Physicians' empathy is an important factor associated with clinical competence and patient outcomes.
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The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy: Development and Preliminary Psychometric Data:
Mohammadreza Hojat,Salvatore Mangione,Thomas J. Nasca,Mitchell J. Cohen,Joseph S. Gonnella,James B. Erdmann,J. Jon Veloski,Mike Magee +7 more
TL;DR: Psychometric findings provided support for the construct validity, criterion-related validity (convergent and discriminant), and internal consistency reliability (coefficient alpha) of the scale scores.
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An empirical study of decline in empathy in medical school
Mohammadreza Hojat,Salvatore Mangione,Thomas J. Nasca,Susan L. Rattner,James B. Erdmann,Joseph S. Gonnella,Mike Magee +6 more
TL;DR: Empirical research to address this issue is scarce because the definition of empathy lacks clarity, and a tool to measure empathy specifically in medical students and doctors has been unavailable.