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.
Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics team doctor, was charged Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, with first-degree criminal sexual conduct in Michigan involving a child under 13. Larry Nassar, a former Michigan State University doctor accused of sexually abusing patients, will go on trial in August in a federal child porn case, court documents show. Nassar was originally scheduled to go on trial in May in U.S. District Court, but Judge Janet Neff rescheduled the trial at the request of Nassar's attorneys, who said they needed more time to prepare. Neff scheduled a pretrial hearing for Aug. 7 and the trial for Aug. 14. Nassar is being held in custody in Newaygo County Jail, according to court documents. He is facing three felony counts: Receipt of child pornography, possession of child pornography and destruction and concealment of records.