Scores of a sample of 113 Australian medical students on the Interpersonal Reactivity Index are compared with the normative data. The comparison suggests that these medical students' scores are generally comparable. A comparison of 4th and 6th Year clinical students indicated few differences between these samples, the exception being the subscale “Fantasy” on which 6th Year women students scored significantly higher than the other three student samples. These data will be used in a longitudinal study of consulting skills training given to the 4th Year students.
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