Empathy of Medical Students and Compassionate Care for Dying Patients: An Assessment of "No One Dies Alone" Program.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2020
Abstract
The "No One Dies Alone" (NODA) program was initiated to provide compassionate companions to the bedside of dying patients. This study was designed to test the following hypotheses: (1) Empathy scores would be higher among medical students who volunteered to participate in the NODA program than nonvolunteers; (2) Spending time with dying patients would enhance empathy in medical students. Study sample included 525 first- and second-year medical students, 54 of whom volunteered to participate in the NODA program. Of these volunteers, 26 had the opportunity to visit a dying patient (experimental group), and 28 did not, due to scheduling conflicts (volunteer control group). The rest of the sample (n = 471) comprised the "nonvolunteer control group." Comparisons of the aforementioned groups on scores of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy confirmed the first research hypothesis (
Volume
7
Issue
6
First Page
1164
Last Page
1168
ISSN
2374-3735
Published In/Presented At
Hojat, M., DeSantis, J., Ney, D. B., & DeCleene-Do, H. (2020). Empathy of Medical Students and Compassionate Care for Dying Patients: An Assessment of "No One Dies Alone" Program. Journal of patient experience, 7(6), 1164–1168. https://doi.org/10.1177/2374373520962605
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
33457560
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article