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The HeART of Empathy: Using the Visual Arts in Medical EducationPrimary Author: Florence Gelo, Drexel University College of Medicine
The Heart of Empathy video, and its accompanying Facilitator's Guide, captures Dr. Gelo's technique of using the visual arts to teach medical students and residents how to emotionally prepare for and deal with their patients' suffering and dying.
Date Last Modified 11/01/2008
Video, Faculty Development materials, Manual/guide
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Kindness and the end of lifePrimary Author: Paul Rousseau, VA Medical Center, Phoenix Brief article from the Western Journal of Medicine (Volume 174, Issue 4) discussing ways physicians can exhibit kindness to patients at the end of life, even when facing their own sense of failure or fear.
Date Last Modified 04/01/2001
Article
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A Lion in the House DVD Modules for Health Care EducationPrimary Author: A Lion in the House, Community Media Productions, Inc.
A compelling set of teaching modules is available from the Emmy Award-winning documentary about children with cancer, A LION IN THE HOUSE. Based on real-life case studies, where things do not always go so well, the stories offer a forum to consider and discuss approaches to helping families navigate life and death issues related to cancer.
Date Last Modified 04/01/2010
Video, Case example/study, Clinical practice guidelines, Course curriculum, Website
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New Medicine Educational Training ClipsPrimary Author: The Bravewell Collaborative
Six 5-minute training videos that address the patient-provider relationship and the importance of integrative medicine. The videos use footage filmed for The New Medicine and can be viewed on the website or downloaded as Quicktime files. The titles of the videos are:
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Video, Website
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Patient Perspectives on Spirituality and the Patient-Physican RelationshipPrimary Author: Randy S. Herbert, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Article from the Journal of General Internal Medicine describing an in-depth study of 22 patients hospitalized with a life-threatening illness. The authors found that all participants stressed the importance of physician empathy, but physician-initiated conversation without a strong patient-physician relationship was viewed as inappropriate.
Date Last Modified 10/16/2001
Article
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