Empathy development and volunteering for undergraduate healthcare students: a scoping review

ME Barker, G Crowfoot, J King - Nurse Education Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Empathy in healthcare benefits patients and healthcare providers. However,
empathy decline is a recent trend within healthcare education. There is a paucity of literature …

A systematic review of the effectiveness of empathy education for undergraduate nursing students

T Levett-Jones, R Cant, S Lapkin - Nurse education today, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this systematic review was to identify, critically appraise and
synthesize evidence for the effectiveness of empathy interventions in undergraduate nursing …

Rapid scoping review: empathy in health sciences curriculum

R Robinson, K Meluski, T Hellem, T Hedwig, N Hansen… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Empathy, the process of coming to know, understand, and care for another person, is a skill
that can be learned; however, there is not a shared definition of empathy or understanding of …

A systematic scoping review of approaches to teaching and assessing empathy in medicine

YC Zhou, SR Tan, CGH Tan, MSP Ng, KH Lim… - BMC medical …, 2021 - Springer
Background Empathy is pivotal to effective clinical care. Yet, the art of nurturing and
assessing empathy in medical schools is rarely consistent and poorly studied. To inform …

Teaching empathy to medical students: an updated, systematic review

SA Batt-Rawden, MS Chisolm, B Anton… - Academic …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Some research shows that empathy declines during medical school. The authors
conducted an updated, systematic review of the literature on empathy-enhancing …

Interventions to cultivate physician empathy: a systematic review

Z Kelm, J Womer, JK Walter, C Feudtner - BMC medical education, 2014 - Springer
Background Physician empathy is both theoretically and empirically critical to patient health,
but research indicates that empathy declines throughout medical school and is lower than …

Empathy in health professions education: What works, gaps and areas for improvement

DD Samarasekera, SS Lee, JHT Yeo, SP Yeo… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Developing a physician equipped with both technical and affective skills is
crucial in ensuring quality patient care. Of these skills, nurturing empathy is a key skill that …

Clarifying changes in student empathy throughout medical school: a scoping review

A Ferreira-Valente, JS Monteiro, RM Barbosa… - Advances in Health …, 2017 - Springer
Despite the increasing awareness of the relevance of empathy in patient care, some findings
suggest that medical schools may be contributing to the deterioration of students' empathy …

The effectiveness of teaching clinical empathy to medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

KC Fragkos, PES Crampton - Academic Medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Clinical empathy is a necessary trait to provide effective patient care, despite
differences in how it is defined and constructed. The aim of this study was to examine …

When Did the Empathy Die? Examining the Correlation Between Length of Medical Training and Level of Empathy

A Dinoff, S Lynch, AS Hameed, J Koestler… - Medical science …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Empathy is an important skill for physicians as it can lead to improved patient
outcomes and satisfaction. This study assessed self-reported empathy by medical students …