Objectives

1. Explain the role of empathy in medical education and practice 
2. Describe empathy from the patient's perspective 
3. Identify strategies to purposefully include empathy in medical education and practice
4. Describe the roles of the members of the health care team in their respective responsibilities for quality care

Faculty

Sarah Perez McAdoo, MD, MPH
Co-Leader Capstone Scholarship and Discovery Course
Brightwood House Affiliate
Population based Urban and Rural Community Health (PURCH)
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.