The Importance of EmpathyâAs I Have Studied and Experienced It. Empathy is a crucial component of the patient-physician relationship and has been associated with improved patient outcomes in multiple studies. The importance of empathy has been of major interest to me as a student of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). At the medical school I have learned that Kim, et al, 1 for example, analyzed the role of patient-perceived empathy and demonstrated that affective empathy led to a greater exchange of information, increased partnership, and interpersonal trust.
Larry Nassar, the former acclaimed USA Gymnastics team doctor, pleaded guilty Wednesday to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and admitted in a Michigan court to using his position to sexually abuse underage girls.
Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal Image copyright AP Image caption Last week a judge said Dr Nasser must stand trial in a separate abuse case The Michigan sports doctor Larry Nassar, who treated elite female US gymnasts, has been charged with sexually assaulting nine girls. On Wednesday, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette filed 22 counts of criminal sexual conduct, some involving girls younger than 13. He described Dr Nassar, accused of molesting gymnasts as he treated back and hip injuries, as a monster. The doctor has denied allegations of abuse in the past. Dr Nassar has said he was carrying out legitimate procedures. He is already being held on a charge of possessing child pornography and faces trial over accusations he abused a girl repeatedly at her family home.