Certificate of Achievement
Mary Templeman Hogg - O'Rourke
has completed the following course:
Developing Clinical Empathy: Making a Difference in Patient Care
St George's, University of London
This online course explored the difference empathy can make to patient care. The course covered topics including the definitions of empathy, the importance of empathy in healthcare, empathetic opportunities and responses, challenges of showing empathy and building resilience.
2 weeks, 2 hours per week
Katherine Joekes
Head of Clinical Communication
St George's, University of London
Angela Kubacki
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Communication
St George's, University of London
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the difference between empathy and sympathy
- Explore the use of emotional and cognitive empathy
- Explore the importance of empathy in healthcare
- Identify empathic opportunities
- Reflect on verbal and non-verbal empathic responses
- Discuss the challenges of being empathic as a healthcare professional
- Identify the importance of self-awareness and building resilience for empathic practice
Syllabus
- What is empathy?
- The importance of empathy in healthcare
- Empathetic opportunities and responses
- The challenges of showing empathy
- Building resilience
Issued on 17th January 2022
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