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. 2017 Dec 21;17:263. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-1088-8

Correction to: More than visual literacy: art and the enhancement of tolerance for ambiguity and empathy

Miriam Ethel Bentwich 1,, Peter Gilbey 1
PMCID: PMC5740507  PMID: 29268727

Correction

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported that the corrections they had requested for Table 3 had not been implemented, and that the title for Table 2 included an unnecessary indication for remark/reference (“a” in a superscript font) at the end of the title. Also, the affiliation of the authors had not been clearly stated: it should read ‘Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed Campus, P.O.Box 1589, Safed, Israel’.

The tables should appear as follows:

Table 2.

Aggregated Two Years’ Frequencies, percentages and cumulative percentages for four basic abilities

Ability N % Cumulative %
Accept multiple possible meanings (AMM)
 A great deal 7 10.5 10.4
 Quite a bit 22 32.8 43.3
 Some 16 23.9 67.2
 A little 13 19.4 86.6
 Not at all 9 13.4 100.0
Total 67 100.0
Visually Observe (VB)
 A great deal 3 4.5 4.5
 Quite a bit 15 22.4 26.9
 Some 17 25.4 52.2
 A little 21 31.3 83.6
 Not at all 11 16.4 100.0
Total 67 100.0
Feel the suffering of others (FSO)
 A great deal 1 1.5 1.5
 Quite a bit 5 7.5 9.0
 Some 17 25.4 34.3
 A little 20 29.9 64.2
 Not at all 24 35.8 100.0
Total 67 100.0
Teamwork (TA)
 A great deal 1 1.5 1.5
 Quite a bit 1 1.5 3.0
 Some 9 13.4 16.4
 A little 20 29.9 46.3
 Not at all 36 53.7 100.0
Total 67 100.0

Table 3.

Frequencies and percentages for different aspects of empathy (2016)

Ability N % Cumulative %
Observe the feelings of others
 A great deal 0 0 0
 Quite a bit 7 14.0 14.0
 Some 14 28.0 42.0
 A little 12 24.0 66.0
 Not at all 17 34.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0
Understand the feelings of patients and their families
 A great deal 0 0 0
 Quite a bit 5 10.0 10.0
 Some 13 26.0 36.0
 A little 13 26.0 62.0
 Not at all 19 38.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0
Feel the suffering of others
 A great deal 1 2.0 2.0
 Quite a bit 3 6.0 8.0
 Some 11 22.0 30.0
 A little 14 28.0 58.0
 Not at all 21 42.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0

The original article has been corrected.

Footnotes

The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s12909-017-1088-8

Reference

  • 1.Bentwich ME, Gilbey P. More than visual literacy: art and the enhancement of tolerance for ambiguity and empathy. BMC Med Educ. 2017;17:200. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-1028-7. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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