Abstract
Objective: In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of simulated patient and education on the empathy levels of third-year students in medical school.
 Method: The study was carried out with 269 volunteer students. As a data collection tool, a short information form and the Jefferson Empathy Scale-Student Form were used. The scale was applied twice before and after the interview. Independent samples T test and Man Whitney U test were used for comparisons between the two groups.
 Results: The average age of the students was 21±2.04 and 54.6% (n=147) were female. Total empathy scores of the students was found as 116.63±17.86 before the interview, and 117.35±18.48 after the interview, but this increase was not statistically significant (p>0.05). After the interview, a significant increase in the total empathy scores of female students (p
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