On September 12, 2023, at the Department of General Medical Practice of Semey of SMU, NCJSC, a regular meeting of the Clinician School dedicated to empathy as the most important aspect of a doctor’s communicative competence was held. The meeting was prepared by interns of the 626th group of GPs under the guidance of teachers of the department, headed by the head of the department, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor A.A. Dyussupova. Issues related to the definition of the term empathy, its varieties, and the place of empathy in the system of training future doctors were highlighted. The interns presented the results of their own research on the positive and negative aspects of empathy, obtained as a result of an online survey of respondents on one of the Internet platforms, and interacted with the audience. 6th and 7th year interns and teachers of the department took an active part in the discussion, noting the importance of the issues discussed.