How do we adapt #compassion education for health professionals and #meded through technology?

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We conducted this study before the #covid19 pandemic at a time when there was a significant amount of apprehension about adapting compassion education for health professionals in a digital realm. /1
We learned that while participants revealed concerns about the constraints of technology on human interaction, they also described technology as both inevitable and necessary for the delivery of future compassionate care curricula. /2
There was a wide range of responses from apprehension to excitement. Findings suggest that adapting educational activities focused on compassion and patient-centred care for online learning requires careful thought. A few implications.../3
(1) We must build digital platforms that allow for authentic human presence despite technological constraints.

(2) Platforms and learning activities involving compassion education should be co-designed with teachers/learners to enhance successful implementation.

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(3) Successful adaptation also requires successful facilitation.

(4) Technology-enhanced learning can have some benefits such as enhancing psychological safety for learners to be vulnerable in some circumstances.

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We also found that effective implementation requires gradual implementation. This finding feels kind of eerie when nothing has been gradual about the transition to digital learning in the past year. /6
Perhaps there will be downstream costs to this rapid transition. Perhaps not. Hopefully these findings can inform the path forward in our post-pandemic future! /END
Thanks again to participants, @AMSHealthcare @westernuCERI and the team that supported this work including @ayeletkuper @SanghaJill @hawthorl @boydker and co-author Jelena Poleksic from @SchulichMedDent

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