Can I Get a Suggestion? Medical Improv as a Tool for Empathy Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physician empathy is associated with improved patient outcomes. No studies have examined the outcomes of medical improvisational (improv) training on empathy.

Objective

Our aims were to determine whether an improv workshop is an effective tool to deliver empathy training for obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN) residents, and whether that effect is sustained over time.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study of OB-GYN residents undergoing empathy training through 4 improv games in a 1-hour session. Empathy surveys (score range 20-140) with validity evidence were administered 2 weeks prior to empathy training, immediately after, and 1, 3, and 6 months later. Fisher's exact test, Student's t test, and Wilcoxon rank sum test were used to compare s

SUBMITTER: Cai F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6795330 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature