A module on death and dying to develop empathy in student pharmacists.
Am J Pharm Educ
; 75(4): 71, 2011 May 10.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To implement an integrated module on death and dying into a 15-week bioethics course and determine whether it increased student pharmacists' empathy.DESIGN:
Students participated in a 5-week death and dying module that included presentation of the film Wit, an interactive lecture on hospice, and a lecture on the ethics of pain management. ASSESSMENT Fifty-six students completed the 30-item Balanced Emotional Empathy Scale (BEES) before and after completing the module and wrote a reflective essay. Students demonstrated an appreciation of patient-specific values in their essay. Quantitative data collected via BEES scores demonstrated significant improvement in measured empathy.CONCLUSION:
A 5-week instructional model on death and dying significantly increased student empathy.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Farmacêuticos
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Estudantes de Farmácia
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Educação em Farmácia
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Empatia
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Ética Farmacêutica
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Ethics
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Pharm Educ
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos