Jeremy Howick

Effectiveness of literature-based initiatives to enhance empathy in healthcare populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: Empathy is a core component of effective healthcare, improving patient outcomes and supporting practitioner wellbeing. While various educational strategies aim to foster empathy, the specific impact of literary arts-based interventions, such as shared reading, textual...

Rapid Assessment of Therapeutic Empathy (RATE): Development of a universal single-item empathy scale and validation of the patient-reported version

Background Therapeutic empathy improves patient and practitioner outcomes, yet existing measures are often lengthy, conceptually inconsistent, and difficult to compare across respondent groups. Brief, universal measures (usable by patients, practitioners, students, and observers)...