Enhancing Empathy in Medical Students: Family-Faculty Members Facilitate Patient-Centered Reflection

Adam R Weinstein; Christina J Amerault; Steven H Chapman; Antoinette F LaMonica; Alison Volpe Holmes

doi:10.1016/j.acap.2020.05.005

Enhancing Empathy in Medical Students: Family-Faculty Members Facilitate Patient-Centered Reflection

Acad Pediatr. 2020 Sep-Oct;20(7):1037-1040. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.05.005. Epub 2020 May 8.

Authors

Adam R Weinstein¹, Christina J Amerault², Steven H Chapman¹, Antoinette F LaMonica³, Alison Volpe Holmes⁴

Affiliations

¹ Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (AR Weinstein, SH Chapman, and AV Holmes), Hanover, NH; Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (AR Weinstein, SH Chapman, AF LaMonica, and AV Holmes), Lebanon, NH.
² Adult Psychiatry Residency, Cambridge Health Alliance (CJ Amerault), Cambridge, Mass.
³ Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (AR Weinstein, SH Chapman, AF LaMonica, and AV Holmes), Lebanon, NH.
⁴ Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (AR Weinstein, SH Chapman, and AV Holmes), Hanover, NH; Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (AR Weinstein, SH Chapman, AF LaMonica, and AV Holmes), Lebanon, NH. Electronic address: Alison.v.holmes@hitchcock.org.

PMID: 32437882
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.05.005

Abstract

Parents of children with medical complexity can serve as family-faculty in undergraduate medical education. Medical students can learn about family-centered care through structured interviews, reflective writing, and classroom discussions with family-faculty.

Keywords: family-centered care; family-faculty; medical student education; patient-centered care.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Undergraduate*
Empathy
Faculty
Humans
Patient-Centered Care
Students, Medical*