Letter to the Editor

Introduction: A medical humanities (MH) module, Sparshanam has been conducted for all first year undergraduate medical students at KIST Medical College, Nepal, since 2008. Knowledge, attitude and perceived skills in empathy, what it means to be sick in Nepal, the doctor, the patient, the family, doctor-patient relationship and professional values in medicine were studied at the beginning and conclusion of the module conducted from December 2011 to March 2012. Methods: A questionnaire was developed to study respondents’ perception regarding knowledge, attitude and perceived skill levels in the areas mentioned above. Total scores in different areas and overall score were calculated. All scores were normally distributed (one sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test). Scores among different subgroups of respondents and before and after the module were compared using appropriate tests (