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

ABSTRACT:

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 future design of programs aimed at nurturing empathy in medical students and doctors, a review is proposed.

Methods

This systematic scoping review (SSR) employs a novel approach called the Systematic Evidence Based Approach (SEBA) to enhance the reproducibility and transparency of the process. This 6-stage SSR in SEBA involved three teams of independent researchers who reviewed eight bibliographic and grey literature databases and performed concurrent thematic and content analysis to evaluate the data.

Results

In total, 24429 abstracts were identified, 1188 reviewed, and 136 included for analysi

SUBMITTER: Zhou YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8140468 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature