In a study published in Journal of General Internal Medicine, Beckman et al. determine whether resident well-being and empathy are associated with medical knowledge and clinical performance. Residents’ empathy is found to be associated with higher peer ratings on “desirability as a physician for a family member.” Additionally, burnout was associated with higher supervisor ratings of communication. Overall the study finds that tools and measures of burnout and empathy align with assessments of their clinical performance by other members of the health care team, indicating that some ratings of residents may be influenced by interpersonal factors.