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Chatting with Nabeela Kajee on the complexity of empathy, and how it can be cultivated in health professionals and trainees

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Conversations in Med Ed
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Chatting with Nabeela Kajee on the complexity of empathy, and how it can be cultivated in health professionals and trainees
In episode nine we chat with Dr Nabeela Kajee, a medical doctor and currently a Rhodes Scholar and doctoral student in Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. She shares her journey into medical educational research, prompted by a curiosity for evidence-based education and encouraged through mentorship, before diving into more detail on her doctoral research. Her intersectional research looks at mindfulness, communication and empathy – with empathy as the focus of this conversation. In the increasingly challenging context of healthcare (post-COVID-19, the dehumanised digital world, resource limitations, worsening mental health and growing burnout), the necessity for empathy, as a (re)humanising orientation, is emphasised. How empathy is defined (more than just cognitively based but affective and embodied too), and how it can be cultivated, through exploring the concept of an “empathy tank”, are discussed. While empathy is complex and requires nuance, several practical recommendations for sustainably developing, protecting, replenishing and practicing it across the trajectory of a health professionals training and career are shared.

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Series
Conversations in Med Ed
People
Nabeela Kajee
Danica Sims
Keywords
medical education
health professions education
med ed
me
hpe
medical education research
mer
health professions education research
hper
research
stories
Medicine
allied health
allied health professionals
health professionals
clinical education
clinical educator
clinical teacher
clinician-educator
educator
professional development
continued professional development
cpd
empathy
mindfulness
communication
Department: Department of Education
Date Added: 19/11/2024
Duration: 00:30:13

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