Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Korean Version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-HP-version(K-JSE-HP). Method: The subjects were 86 residents who are working at Kyunghee University Hospital. The reliability and validity of K-JSE-HP and the differences on mean empathy scores by physicians` gender, specialty, career, and personality traits were examined. Results: The 20 items(except 2 items) of the K-JSE-HP(emotional empathy, cognitive empathy) was associated with excellent internal consistency(cronbach`s α=0.88) in reliabilities. The correlation coefficient between sum and the general items of the K-JSE-HP showed appropriate scores. Individual items showed good concurrent validity. Empathy scores were inversely correlated with impulsivity. But it were not associated with gender, specialty and career. Conclusion: K-JSE-HP was confirmed in its reliability and validity. It can be a useful scale for evaluating empathy in physician with various specialty.