Reflective writing and its impact on empathy in medical education: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Medical schools are increasingly aware of the ways in which physician empathy can have a profound impact on patients' lives and have developed humanities initiatives to address this concern. Reflective writing in particular is more commonly promoted in medical curricula, but there is limited research on the impact of reflective writing on medical student empathy levels. It aims to find the emotional effects of reflective writing interventions on medical and healthcare students by systemic review.

Methods

Two investigators independently reviewed educational publications for critical analysis. This review focused systematically on quantitative papers that measure the impact of reflective writing on empathy.

Results

Of the 1,032 studies found on Medline and CINAH

SUBMITTER: Chen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4309942 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature