Giving language to empathy: lessons from palliative care

<p>"The value of empathy in medicine is seldom debated. Just as the art of medicine is taught as the balance of knowledge and application, so has empathy been recognized as both a value to be fostered and a skill to be learned. Medical curricula have reflected this, and while didactics are increasingly filled with various conversational frameworks and behaviors that convey empathy, rarely do they include specific language to convey it."</p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/varsha-venkat/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Varsha Venkatakrishna</a> is a medical student.</p> <p>She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/2022/10/giving-language-to-empathy-lessons-from-palliative-care.html">Giving language to empathy: lessons from palliative care</a>."</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → <a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast">https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast</a></p> <p>RATE AND REVIEW → <a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/rate">https://www.kevinmd.com/rate</a></p> <p>FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM → <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kevinphomd">https://www.instagram.com/kevinphomd</a></p> <p>FOLLOW ON TIKTOK → <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinphomd">https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinphomd</a></p> <p>GET CME FOR THIS EPISODE → <a href= "https://earnc.me/U3isEX">https://earnc.me/U3isEX</a></p> <p><em>Powered by CMEfy - a seamless way for busy clinician learners to discover Internet Point-of-Care Learning opportunities that reward AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)<span role="image" aria-label="™">™</span>. <a href="https://about.cmefy.com/cme-info" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-token-index="3" data-reactroot="">Learn more at about.cmefy.com/cme-info</a></em></p>