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1Undergraduate Education, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Objective:
The purpose of this report is to describe an experiential learning activity on empathy for first-year chiropractic students.
Methods:
An experiential learning exercise utilizing standardized patients was developed for incoming students to highlight a potential decrease in empathy during their education, and to impart the importance of empathy in the Doctor-Patient relationship.
Results:
The learning activity on empathy was delivered to 747 first year students over 4 academic years. This consisted of a group briefing, standardized patient encounter, group debrief and subsequent video reflection.
Conclusion:
An experiential learning activity was developed and implemented to address the potential deterioration of empathy in first-year chiropractic students.
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