Evaluation of the Course of “Being a Friend with Patients”_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Authors：

 HSU Lichuan ¹ , WU Hischin ¹² , LIAO Shihchieh ¹

1. Medical College of the China Medical University 2. China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, China;

Corresponding author：

HSU Lichuan, Email: lchsu@mail.cmu.edu.tw

Keywords：

Medical education; Practice course; Patient concern; Empathy

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Objective 　To assess the effectiveness of the course of “Being a Friend with Patients”.
Methods 　There were three parts in this course: (1) To experience what the empathy was, by counseling activities; (2) To accompany patients in hospital; (3) To share the experience after accompanying. There were 118 participants who were freshmen at the end of 2005.
Results and Conclusions 　According to feedback from the students, they understand empathy and how the patients feel after the counseling. The course is accepted by all students. It may help students to be more attentive to and concerned about their patients, and to provied help for them.

Citation： HSU Lichuan,WU Hischin,LIAO Shihchieh. Evaluation of the Course of “Being a Friend with Patients”. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2006, 06(9): 646-651. doi: Copy

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19. Werfel J, Bar-Yam Y. The evolution of reproductive restraint through social communication. PNAS, 2004; 27(101): 11019–11024.

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