The Empathy Paradox: Beliefs, Biases, and Our Emotional Responses

Enduring - This is a virtual, asynchronous educational session that is part of the Center for Faculty and Professional Development’s Foundations in Medical Education series.

Foundations in Medical Education offers participants an opportunity to attend a live, virtual one-hour session that focuses on one of following four foundational topics in medical education: learning theory, clinical teaching, classroom teaching, and assessment and evaluation.

Target Audience

Residents & fellow PDs, APDs, faculty & coordinators, medical students, clerkship directors & coordinators, clinical staff, advanced practitioners, CE activity directors, faculty & organizers.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this session, the participant should be able to:

  • define the concepts of sympathy, empathy, and compassion
  • recognize the sub-categories that can be attributed to empathy
  • understand how our emotional empathic responses could impact the way we train our learners, and treat our patients
  • recognize the impact of our beliefs, and implicit biases on how and with whom we empathize
  • demonstrate strategies to improve their understanding of humanism and kindness to develop a compassionate approach towards others
 
 

 

    Course summary
    Available credit: 
    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 ANCC
    • 1.00 Participation Credit
    Course opens: 
    09/01/2023
    Course expires: 
    09/01/2026
    Cost:
    $25.00
    Rating: 
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    The Empathy Paradox: Beliefs, Biases, and Our Emotional Responses
     
    This is an asynchronous enduring material activity.
    Activity Director
    Nicole Woll, PhD, MEd
    Vice Dean, Faculty and Professional Development
    Executive Director, Geisinger Academy of Educators
    Geisinger Medical Center
     
    Geisinger Faculty
    Wasique Mirza, MD
    Geisinger Medical Center

    Accreditation 

    In support of improving patient care, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

     

    Credit Designation 

    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine designates this live activity for 1 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

    Disclaimer

    This Geisinger continuing education activity is designed for use by healthcare professionals for educational purposes only.  Information and opinions offered by the contributors represent their viewpoints.  Conclusions drawn by the participant should be derived from careful consideration of all available scientific information. Prescription information and use of medical devices should be undertaken only after confirmation by consulting the FDA-approved uses and information.

     

    While Geisinger makes every effort to have accurate information presented, no warranty, expressed or implied, is offered.  The participant should use his/her clinical judgment, knowledge, experience, and diagnostic decision-making before applying any information whether provided here or by others, for any professional use.

     

    Terms of Approval

    September 01, 2023 – September 01, 2026

    Original release date

    September 01, 2023

     

    Peer Review

    On September 01, 2023, this continuing education online material was reviewed by Ryan Weber, PhD, Medical Education, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. To ensure the scientific relevance of this enduring material, its contents will be reviewed again in September 2026.

     

    Disclosure  

    Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing education activities sponsored by the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine must disclose to the program audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).

    If at any time during this activity you feel that there has been commercial or promotional bias, please inform us by using the commercial bias comments box on the evaluation form.  Please answer the questions about balance on the CE activity evaluation form candidly.

    The following individual(s) have reported no financial or other relationships with commercial entities who products/services may relate to the educational content of this activity:

    Ryan Weber, PhD, Wasique Mirza, MD, Nicole Woll, PhD, MEd, Rob Cooney, MD, MSMedEd. Karen Tillotson, PA-C, Rebecca Stoudt, DNP, PhD, CRNA, Daniel Longyhore, PharmD, Mark Olaf, DO, Annie Seif, BS and Kristi Shirk, BA.

     

    Available Credit

    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 ANCC
    • 1.00 Participation Credit

    Price

    Cost:
    $25.00
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