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Simulation-Based End-Of-Life Care Training During Surgical Clerkship: Assessment Of Skills And Perceptions, Priti Parikh, Ronald Brown, Mary White, Ronald Markert, Rosemary Eustace, Kathryn Tchorz Aug 2015

Simulation-Based End-Of-Life Care Training During Surgical Clerkship: Assessment Of Skills And Perceptions, Priti Parikh, Ronald Brown, Mary White, Ronald Markert, Rosemary Eustace, Kathryn Tchorz

Ronald Brown

Background Assessment of interpersonal and psychosocial competencies during end-of-life care training is essential. This study reports the relationship between simulation-based end-of-life care Objective Structured Clinical Examination ratings and communication skills, trust, and self-assessed empathy along with the perceptions of students regarding their training experiences. Method Medical students underwent simulation-based end-of-life care OSCE training that involved standardized patients who evaluated students' communication skills and physician trust with the Kalamazoo Essential Elements Communication Checklist and the Wake Forest Physician Trust Scale. Students also completed the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy. Pearson correlation was used to examine the relationship between OSCE performance grades …


An Investigation Into The Use Of Filmed Scenarios For The Testing Of ‘Understanding People’ In Medical Selection Tests, Jennifer Bryce, Judy Nixon Mar 2015

An Investigation Into The Use Of Filmed Scenarios For The Testing Of ‘Understanding People’ In Medical Selection Tests, Jennifer Bryce, Judy Nixon

Dr Jennifer Bryce

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The Phenomenology Of Intersubjectivity In Jaspers And Husserl: On The Capacities And Limits Of Empathy And Communication In Psychiatric Praxis, Sebastian Luft, J. Schlimme Mar 2015

The Phenomenology Of Intersubjectivity In Jaspers And Husserl: On The Capacities And Limits Of Empathy And Communication In Psychiatric Praxis, Sebastian Luft, J. Schlimme

Sebastian Luft

In this article, we present two accounts of intersubjectivity in Jaspers and Husserl, respectively. We argue that both can be brought together for a more satisfying account of empathy and communication in the context of psychiatric praxis. But while we restrict ourselves for the most part to this praxis, we also indicate the larger agenda that drives Jaspers and Husserl, despite all disagreement. Here we spell out, in particular, how a phenomenologically inspired account of empathy and intersubjectivity can have larger ramifications for a theory of social life and interaction. Finally, we argue for a ‘relaxed' view concerning the relation …