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Can Empathy Be Taught?
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The importance of physician-patient communication cannot be understated. But what happens when the interaction is less than ideal, when the provider struggles to connect, or empathize, with the patient? Empathy is important in medicine—it has been linked with patient experience, better outcomes and decreased physician burnout. It’s even part of the new MCAT.
Dr. Helen Riess is the Director of the Empathy and Relational Science Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and the creator of “Empathetics,” a series of online courses for physicians on the issue. Dr. Jesse Pines is the Director of the George Washington University Office for Clinical Practice Innovation and a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy. Visit our website for more information about OCPI.
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Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on November 17, 2018 01:43 (). Last successful fetch was on September 10, 2018 12:25 ()
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Manage episode 120130237 series 57058
The importance of physician-patient communication cannot be understated. But what happens when the interaction is less than ideal, when the provider struggles to connect, or empathize, with the patient? Empathy is important in medicine—it has been linked with patient experience, better outcomes and decreased physician burnout. It’s even part of the new MCAT.
Dr. Helen Riess is the Director of the Empathy and Relational Science Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and the creator of “Empathetics,” a series of online courses for physicians on the issue. Dr. Jesse Pines is the Director of the George Washington University Office for Clinical Practice Innovation and a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy. Visit our website for more information about OCPI.
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