What works for whom in compassion training programs offered to practicing healthcare providers: a realist review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients and families want their healthcare to be delivered by healthcare providers that are both competent and compassionate. While compassion training has begun to emerge in healthcare education, there may be factors that facilitate or inhibit the uptake and implementation of training into practice. This review identified the attributes that explain the successes and/or failures of compassion training programs offered to practicing healthcare providers.

Methods

Realist review methodology for knowledge synthesis was used to consider the contexts, mechanisms (resources and reasoning), and outcomes of compassion training for practicing healthcare providers to determine what works, for whom, and in what contexts.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Sinclair S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8403363 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature