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The author reviews data on psychiatry's poor recruitment of medical students and suggests that difficulties with feelings about patients is one underexamined area. The few studies on the problem and a brief example support its importance. The author proposes regular attention to countertransference in clerkships and conjectures why this is currently little practiced.
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Herz, L.R. Aspects of teaching psychotherapy to medical students. Psych Quart 56, 151–156 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064951
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