Lights, Camera, Empathy!

The Empathy Project brings together leaders in medicine, education, entertainment, and technology to promote empathy in medicine. The project creates engaging, Hollywood-quality short films that train healthcare providers to be more humane and help empower patients to be effective participants in their own care.

 
 
 
 

LISTENING

Attentive listening (not just hearing!) is key to making an accurate diagnosis.

 
 
 

Let’s Try That Again

This is a humorous conversation starter about sharing results with a patient

 

Why Empathy?

Caring for patients includes connecting with them. These interviews conducted by Dr. Jon LaPook with patients and clinicians explore the role empathy plays in clinical practice.