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Introducing the Humanities into physiotherapy education

Mar 9, 2016

in Ethics

empathy, ethics, humanities, liberal arts, literature, poetry, professional ethics, professionalism

This post has been modified and published on The Conversation: Africa as Physiotherapy students have much to learn from the humanities. I’m increasingly drawn to the idea of integrating some aspect of the Humanities into undergraduate physiotherapy education. We focus (almost) all of the curriculum on the basic sciences and then the clinical sciences, which has a certain…
Developing empathy in clinical education

Oct 7, 2013

in Curriculum, Ethics

clinical education, curriculum design, empathy, ethics, humanities, medical education

This post was originally written for the Clinical Teacher iPad app, and can be downloaded there as well. Introduction Empathy is the ability to understand the emotional context of other people and respond to them appropriately. It has been identified as the cornerstone of the clinician-patient relationship and is recognised as one of the most…