Can empathy be taught? A cross-sectional survey assessing training to deliver the diagnosis of end stage renal disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Receiving the diagnosis of kidney failure has a major impact on patients. Yet, the way in which this diagnosis should be delivered is not formally taught within our medical curriculum. To fill this gap we set up a training course of kidney failure diagnosis delivery for nephrology trainees since 2016. This study assessed the effectiveness of this educational intervention.

Methods

The primary outcome was change in the empathy score immediately after the training session and several months afterward, based on the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE). Self-reported change in clinical practice was also evaluated. As control groups, we assessed empathy levels in untrained nephrology trainees (n = 26) and senior nephrologists (n = 71). Later on (>6 months) we eva

SUBMITTER: Doreille A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8425537 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature