Year 1: Empathy 101

Ten sessions over the year.

Sessions are based on readings that stimulate discussions relating to issues such as death, culture differences, suffering, suicide, terminal illness, physician burnout, physician errors, and the physician as an integral part of the treatment or focus on cultural differences, palliation of pain at end of life, treating suffering and recognizing the patient’s spirituality.

• Patient Awareness
  • Emil P. Lesho, D.O., “Fathers, Doctors, and Time.” Annals of Internal Medicine 2001; 1347: 623-624
  • Rachel N. Remen, M.D., “The Gift of Healing.” Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal 1996: 63-65
  • Clif Cleveland, M.D., “Shock Therapy.” Sacred Space: Stories from a Life in Medicine 1998: 70-72
• Listening
  • Anton Chekhov, “Misery.” On Doctoring, 3^rd ed. 2001: 36-41
  • Rachel N. Remen, M.D., “Silence.”
  • Carolyn T. Cleary, M.D., “A Medical Lesson.” Annals of Internal Medicine 2000; 132: 840
  • Duncan Darbishire, “But Her Eyes Spoke Another Language.”
• Compassion
  • Ernest W. Crow, M.D., “Don’t Hold Back Your Tears.” The Pharos 2000; 31
  • Richard B. Weinberg, M.D., “First Love.” Annals of Internal Medicine: On Being a Doctor 1977; 1264: 327-329
  • James W. Lynch, M.D., “Regaining Compassion: A Piece of My Mind.” JAMA 1988; 27918: 1422
• Mistakes
  • Atul Gawande, M.D., “Education of a Knife.” Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science 2002; 11-18
  • David Hilfiker, M.D., “Mistakes.” On Doctoring, 3^rd ed. 2001: 325-336
• Caring
  • Mark Linzer, M.D., “Honors.” Academic Medicine 2002; 771: 81
  • Neil S. Prose, M.D., “Paying Attention.” JAMA 2000; 28321: 2763
  • Roger D. Kiser, “The Little White Box.” Chicken Soup For The Caregiver’s Soul 2004; 143
  • Fay J. Ellis, “Academic Careers Need Not Compete With Family Life.” Academic Physician & Scientist 1998; 1, 4-5
• Wellness
  • Marjorie Gross, “Cancer Becomes Me.” The New Yorker 1996
  • Christine S. Seibert, M.D., “Simple Gifts.” Annals of Internal Medicine 2000; 132: 757
  • Hanna Sherman, M.D., “Balancing Act.” American Academy of Pediatrics News 2005; 26: 34
  • Marcia Quereau McCrae, “Teeter-Totter.”
• Aging
  • Kim Wyatt, “Essay.”
  • Arna Bontemps, “A Summer Tragedy.” On Doctoring, 3^rd Ed. 2001; 110-118