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Renee Robinson1, Kelleen Meluski2, Tracy Hellem3
1College of Pharmacy, Idaho State University, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|May 27, 2023
Summary
Healthcare empathy training for students is varied, with most using classroom-based active learning. More research is needed to establish consensus on effective empathy education for future healthcare providers.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Healthcare Professional Training
- Empathy in Healthcare
Background:
- Empathy is a learnable skill crucial for healthcare professionals, impacting patient outcomes and provider well-being.
- Empathic care is linked to improved healthcare efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and patient trust.
- A lack of standardized definition and operationalization of empathy hinders consistent training.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify, compare, and contrast empathy training programs for healthcare professional students.
- To review empathy training within general curricula and as electives for nurses, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists.
Main Methods:
- Rapid scoping review of peer-reviewed articles published in the last 10 years.
- Searched six electronic databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, CINAHL, EBSCOHOST, and ERIC.
- Screened 4977 citations, 3480 abstracts, and 428 papers; 21 studies met eligibility criteria.
Main Results:
- Over 80% of empathy training occurred in classroom settings using active learning strategies.
- Included studies were primarily non-randomized experimental, published between 2012 and 2021.
- Identified significant variation in empathy training approaches.
Conclusions:
- There is limited consensus on the most effective methods for training healthcare providers in empathy.
- Further research is needed to develop standardized and evidence-based empathy training curricula.
- Standardized empathy training is essential for enhancing patient care and provider effectiveness.
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