Table 5.

Correlation between the empathy and comprehensive assessment results according to basic characteristics.

Basic characteristics		School year	Standing in patient’s shoes	Compassionate care	Perspective taking	Total
Total		4th	0.025	0.111	0.048	0.084
		5th	0.068	0.145	-0.101	0.016
		Early 6th	-0.013	0.024	-0.093	-0.048
		Late 6th	-0.014	0.029	-0.109	-0.055
Gender	Man	4th	-0.06	0.095	0.09	0.085
		5th	-0.111	0.057	-0.064	-0.031
		Early 6th	-0.09	0.036	0.022	0.014
		Late 6th	-0.123	0.03	0.016	0.003
	Woman	4th	0.309	0.269	-0.115	0.122
		5th	0.626†	0.474*	-0.221	0.22
		Early 6th	0.17	0.018	-0.418*	-0.238
		Late 6th	0.234	0.057	-0.444*	-0.223
Career aspirations	Private physician	4th	0.366*	0.249	0.013	0.184
		5th	0.242	0.302	-0.195	0.049
		Early 6th	0.183	0.066	-0.153	-0.039
		Late 6th	0.242	0.189	-0.069	0.081
	Attending faculty	4th	0.006	0.125	0.164	0.155
		5th	0.049	0.15	0.02	0.092
		Early 6th	0.005	0.084	0.107	0.103
		Late 6th	-0.024	0.043	0.024	0.03
	Others	4th	-0.585	-0.276	-0.363	-0.394
		5th	-0.324	-0.468	-0.364	-0.419
		Early 6th	-0.599	-0.572	-0.836†	-0.783†
		Late 6th	-0.582	-0.65	-0.837†	-0.806*
Future major	Medical	4th	0.095	0.201	0.138	0.195
		5th	0.152	0.254	0.06	0.18
		Early 6th	0.023	0.003	-0.135	-0.079
		Late 6th	0.006	0.042	-0.124	-0.057
	Surgical	4th	-0.193	-0.039	0.013	-0.042
		5th	-0.153	0.049	-0.054	-0.04
		Early 6th	-0.094	0.18	0.108	0.115
		Late 6th	-0.077	0.14	0.082	0.087
	Others	4th	0.654*	0.367	-0.064	0.309
		5th	0.596	0.31	-0.544	-0.06
		Early 6th	0.298	0.015	-0.317	-0.148
		Late 6th	0.260	-0.010	-0.311	-0.166