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Id : 720

Author :
Zazulak J., Halgren C., Tan M., Grierson L.E.M.

Title


The impact of an arts-based programme on the affective and cognitive components of empathic development

Reference :


Zazulak J., Halgren C., Tan M., Grierson L.E.M.; The impact of an arts-based programme on the affective and cognitive components of empathic development ;Medical Humanities vol:41 issue: 1 page:69.0

Link to article https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84930932472&doi=10.1136%2fmedhum-2014-010584&partnerID=40&md5=fe003693ed090569a745a4a6c38e56da
Abstract Medical education research demonstrates that empathic behaviour is amenable to positive change when targeted through educational programmes. This study evaluates the impact of an arts-based intervention designed to nurture learner empathy through the provision of facilitated visual literacy activities. Health Sciences students (N=19) were assigned to two learning groups: a group that participated in a visual literacy programme at the McMaster Museum of Art and a control group that participated in the normal Health Sciences curriculum. All participants completed an inter-reactivity index, which measures empathy on affective and cognitive levels, prior to and following the programme. Those individuals assigned to the visual literacy programme also completed open-ended questions concerning the programme’s impact on their empathic development. The index scores were subjected to independent within-group, between-test analyses. There was no significant impact of the programme on the participants’ overall empathic response. However, subcomponent analyses revealed that the programme had a significant positive effect on cognitive aspects of empathy. This finding was substantiated by the narrative reports. The study concludes that the affective focus of humanities-based education needs to be enhanced and recommends that learners are educated on the different components that comprise the overall empathic response. © 2015, Med Humanit.All rights reserved.



Results:


                    Category                    

             Certainity            
Heritage 0.9963
Archives 0.0000
Libraries 0.0000
Book and Press 0.0000
Visual Arts 0.0025
Performing Arts 0.0000
Audiovisual and Multimedia 0.0000
Architecture 0.0003
Adverstizing 0.0000
Art crafts 0.0001
General cultural dimension 0.0008
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