Empathy Initiative in the Media
Why we need to keep holding hands
"Squeeze my hand tight when the needle goes in!". That was how Patricia Karvelas approached a dental visit with her daughter, who was terrified of the process. But while the therapeutic benefits of touch are unparalleled, it looks like technology is overtaking it in many health industries. It's a trend Sue Dean wants to reverse.
The Empathy Museum: addressing compassion fatigue in the caring professions
A Virtual Empathy Museum has been established with the aim of helping nursing and other caring professions to become more compassionate. The Inaugural Empathy Symposium was held in December, 2018, with the aim of having empathy included as an integral component of every nursing curriculum.
The Empathy Initiative feature on Culture of Empathy
Tracy Levett-Jones and The Empathy Initiative was recently featured on leading empathy portalwww.cultureofempathy.com where she was interviewed by Edwin Rutsh. In the interview Tracy outlined the aims and vision of the Empathy Initiative and described some of the work undertaken by different members of the research group.
Virtual museum to inspire empathy in healthcare
A team of academics at UTS in Sydney are leading a first-of-its-kind ‘Virtual Empathy Museum’ (VEM) - an innovative digital resource funded by an Australian Technology Network of Universities grant. The museum is a collection of educational resources that health professionals and students can use to improve empathy in healthcare.
Teaching empathy via temporary tattoos
Medical school, studies indicate, is where altruistic students lose some of the empathy that drew them into the healing profession in the first place. But if being jaded is a learned behaviour, the ability to share in patients’ feelings may be as well writes Amitha Kalaichandran, Boston Globe.
Hearing Voices Day and Australian complementary medicine use
The article contains transcript of discussion for insight into the life of someone who hears multiple voices, ahead of Hearing Voices Day and predictors of complementary and alternative medicine use in Australia.