biostudies-literatureUnknown9Rafaqat WEmpathy is a cognitive attribute that forms the cornerstone for good doctor-patient encounters. The formative period for the development of empathy toward patients begins with clinical encounters within medical school. An individual medical student's empathy levels may in part be a product of their resilience and perfectionist attitudes. A cross-sectional study with 320 medical students across all years of study was conducted to determine the correlation of perfectionism and resilience with clinical empathy in medical students. The JSE-S, CD-RISC 10, and APS-R scales were used to assess levels of empathy, resilience, and perfectionism, respectively. The study found that a positive correlation exists between resilience (<i>r</i> = 0.174) and academic year with empathy, and a negative correlJournal of patient experience23743735221106603https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9185014biostudies-literatureImpact of Perfectionism and Resilience on Empathy in Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.PMC9185014Ibad HShahbaz FFRafaqat WIbrahim MTAhmed DAwais SLeghari ALSami AMemon ASaleem SZindani SfalseImpact of Perfectionism and Resilience on Empathy in Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Empathy is a cognitive attribute that forms the cornerstone for good doctor-patient encounters. The formative period for the development of empathy toward patients begins with clinical encounters within medical school. An individual medical student's empathy levels may in part be a product of their resilience and perfectionist attitudes. A cross-sectional study with 320 medical students across all years of study was conducted to determine the correlation of perfectionism and resilience with clinical empathy in medical students. The JSE-S, CD-RISC 10, and APS-R scales were used to assess levels of empathy, resilience, and perfectionism, respectively. The study found that a positive correlation exists between resilience (<i>r</i> = 0.174) and academic year with empathy, and a negative correl2022-01-01T00:00:00Z20222025-05-29T21:21:21.205Z2025-02-19T03:52:02.606ZS-EPMC91850143569401410.1177/23743735221106603