Empathy in medical education: Can 'kindness' be taught, learned and assessed?
Empathy is considered a core element of professionalism in medicine in the era of patient-centred care. Physicians with higher levels of empathy have greater clinical competence and deliver improved physician empathetic communication resulting in better patient outcomes. Empathy contributes to patie...
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doaj-af25468648cc4a7f8cc4c4df2f0ccb172020-11-25T02:54:03ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAdvances in Human Biology2321-85682348-46912020-01-01102384010.4103/AIHB.AIHB_14_20Empathy in medical education: Can 'kindness' be taught, learned and assessed?Md Anwarul Azim MajumderNkemcho OjehSayeeda RahmanBidyadhar SaEmpathy is considered a core element of professionalism in medicine in the era of patient-centred care. Physicians with higher levels of empathy have greater clinical competence and deliver improved physician empathetic communication resulting in better patient outcomes. Empathy contributes to patient compliance, patient enablement and clinical outcomes. Studies done across the world have pointed to a decline in the empathy levels among health professional students as they progress through undergraduate education and training. Medical curricula should provide ample opportunity for students to develop empathy and display-related attributes such as emotional intelligence and self-esteem. Curriculum reform in medicine is needed to enable mandatory training to teach and inculcate these attributes to help physicians have better patient interactions and ultimately improve the quality of care.http://www.aihbonline.com/article.asp?issn=2321-8568;year=2020;volume=10;issue=2;spage=38;epage=40;aulast=Azimassessempathymedical educationstudentsteach |
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Md Anwarul Azim Majumder Nkemcho Ojeh Sayeeda Rahman Bidyadhar Sa Empathy in medical education: Can 'kindness' be taught, learned and assessed? Advances in Human Biology assess empathy medical education students teach |
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Empathy in medical education: Can 'kindness' be taught, learned and assessed? |
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Empathy in medical education: Can 'kindness' be taught, learned and assessed? |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Advances in Human Biology |
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Empathy is considered a core element of professionalism in medicine in the era of patient-centred care. Physicians with higher levels of empathy have greater clinical competence and deliver improved physician empathetic communication resulting in better patient outcomes. Empathy contributes to patient compliance, patient enablement and clinical outcomes. Studies done across the world have pointed to a decline in the empathy levels among health professional students as they progress through undergraduate education and training. Medical curricula should provide ample opportunity for students to develop empathy and display-related attributes such as emotional intelligence and self-esteem. Curriculum reform in medicine is needed to enable mandatory training to teach and inculcate these attributes to help physicians have better patient interactions and ultimately improve the quality of care. |
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assess empathy medical education students teach |
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