Enhancing compassion in medical education - a comparative study of the efficacy of clinical clerkships versus simulation-based training methodologies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Compassionate behavior plays a crucial role in medicine by fostering patient-doctor relationships, enhancing adherence, and improving care quality. While partly innate, compassion can be significantly enhanced through structured educational interventions. Despite recent efforts to integrate compassion into medical curricula, methodological challenges persist, especially in understanding how different environments influence skill expression and development. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of traditional clinical clerkships versus simulation-based training in cultivating compassion skills among medical students.

Methods

This retrospective longitudinal study evaluated the professional behavior and cognitive skills of 133 medical students at Humanitas Univ

SUBMITTER: Ebm C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11796239 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature