[Can empathy be taught to caregivers?]

Éric Maeker; Bérengère Maeker-Poquet

doi:10.1016/j.sger.2020.03.012

[Can empathy be taught to caregivers?]

Soins Gerontol. 2020 May-Jun;25(143):30-33. doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2020.03.012. Epub 2020 Mar 18.

[Article in French]

Authors

Éric Maeker¹, Bérengère Maeker-Poquet²

Affiliations

¹ Association Emp@thies, pour l'humanisation des soins www.empathies.fr, 12 rue Jean-Jaurès Apt B22/23, 62223 Anzin-Saint-Aubin, France. Electronic address: eric.maeker@gmail.com.
² Association Emp@thies, pour l'humanisation des soins www.empathies.fr, 12 rue Jean-Jaurès Apt B22/23, 62223 Anzin-Saint-Aubin, France.

PMID: 32444080
DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2020.03.012

Abstract

The concepts of empathy and care are the subject of numerous publications that testify to a surge in interest in the subject. What are the possibilities of teaching empathy to medical and nursing students? A proposed definition and a literature review can be developed to identify the effects of empathy in care and the opportunities for teaching empathy to students and practicing professionals.

Keywords: emotion; empathie; empathy; enseignement; humanism; humanisme; student; teaching; émotion; étudiant.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Caregivers / psychology*
Education, Medical*
Education, Nursing*
Empathy*
Humans
Students, Medical / psychology*
Students, Nursing / psychology*