Virtually Walking in a Patient’s Shoes—the Path to Empathy?

Carrie A. Elzie; Jacqueline Shaia

doi:10.1007/s40670-020-01101-0

Virtually Walking in a Patient’s Shoes—the Path to Empathy?

Carrie A. Elzie, Jacqueline Shaia

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Abstract

Empathy is the basis of a patient-physician relationship; however, this is being lost by students throughout medical training. Immersive virtual reality that allows individuals to viscerally experience anything from another person’s point of view has the potential to reverse the erosion of empathy and improve clinical practices.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1737-1739
Number of pages	3
Journal	Medical Science Educator
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-01101-0
State	Published - Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Empathy
Virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Medicine (miscellaneous)

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10.1007/s40670-020-01101-0

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