Work And Empathy Analysis

The importance of empathy in any helping profession, medical or social, cannot be overstated. The workers that exemplified it in their practice did the best that they could with their limited resources.

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Although for most of my life I have been kind and sympathetic towards others, I lacked the skill of empathy, which is not only critical for someone who aspires to become a healthcare professional, but also important in everyday life. Moreover, HOSA has given me multiple opportunities to refine my empathy skills, most notably the 2017 Great American Cleanup. During the 2017 Great American Cleanup, I truly felt involved in my Sachse community after witnessing a plethora of volunteers, eager to eliminate the extraneous waste surrounding our environment. Despite the fact I was exhausted from attending school yesterday and needed to finish many homework assignments, I began to put aside my personal dilemmas and focus on the enhanced welfare of the Sachse community by contributing to this event. Although the event made my Saturday afternoon unenjoyable, with a large pile of assignments lying idly on my desk, waiting to be completed, the event instilled feelings of self-accomplishment and pride for selflessly contributing to the improvement of our community's environment rather than the rewarded volunteer hours or greedily indulging in my leisure time on a Saturday

An expectation of an osteopathic physician is to express empathy for all patients, regardless of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or beliefs. As a student volunteer, I traveled to underserved communities in the Dominican Republic and Panama where I learned that medicine has the power​ to unify people, build bridges, and communicate and collaborate across cultures. Though I had challenged my own sense of reality before, walking in the shoes of patients, many of whom lived in impoverished conditions, gave me to opportunity to understand just how different two lives can be. I was able to differentiate between up-close empathy and distant sympathy. Despite a language barrier, I examined and diagnosed at least twenty patients each day, conceptualizing the different steps a physician must take when interacting with a patient. I am now involved in a student-run clinic that provides a multitude of healthcare services to a rural,

As a recent graduate of the Johns Hopkins University and a new Research Technician at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, becoming more familiar with different healthcare settings and helping others in doing so have always been of my interest. From my experience of volunteering as a piano teacher for inner-city children in Baltimore, I have learnt that even a small commitment and emotional support can make a big difference in the daily lives and the happiness of those in need. I have briefly familiarized myself to the hospital environment by shadowing physicians and conducting biomedical research but have yet to translate my volunteering experiences and the lessons learnt from them to the healthcare setting. I am a friendly, optimistic,

For the past three years, I have been volunteering in the Day Surgery and Emergency Departments at the Greater Niagara General Hospital. In this role, it is my responsibility to improve patient care and be the first person to approach a patient, even before the nurses. I also help to comfort the families of patients during emergencies, and keep them as calm as possible. I have come to enjoy this role immensely; instead of being home, I volunteer on Christmas Day, as I know that I can be a rather lonely time for most patients. Being able to help people, whether it is fetching them water or being a shoulder to cry on- is incredibly rewarding.

Another crucial interpersonal skill which assumes a critical part in a radiographer- patient relationship is empathy. Eunson (2012) describes empathy as the emotional appreciation of another’s feelings. Not to be confused as sympathy, but empathetic people might squeeze ones hand in times of trouble, or offer kind words when one is grieving. According to research, empathy is ‘to recognise others' emotions, the reason for these emotions, and to have the capacity to take part in the emotional journey of a single person without directly be coming apart of it’ (Casselden, 1988). Needless to say,

During the semester, my curiosity steadily inclined. While witnessing the miracles of medicine, I noted the evident necessities of a physician and recognized what characteristics the great ones fostered. Compassion is among many; I recall a specific episode involving a forty-year-old female suffering from stage four lung cancer where I truly understood the significance of showing compassion. The physician greeted the patient along with her enthusiastic sister. The sibling proclaimed her hope and announced to the doctor, “My sister is a survivor, and she will beat this!” The doctor responded, “Yea, Steve Irwin said that too,” and exited the room. I found his joke repulsive. He lacked compassion and the patient was clearly affected by his harsh statement. Being a physician requires uplifting and reassuring patients, as well as their families, that everything possible is being done to better their quality of life. I promised myself that day that I would comfort every patient encountered and demonstrate genuine care. This is a skill I also practice outside of the hospital through volunteer experiences. One of which includes volunteering with patients of Kindred at Home Hospice. These individuals need an even greater amount of emotional support as they are nearing

The scoring system on the empathy assessment explains that scores ranging from 0-1, means having little empathy,2-3 is moderate empathy, and 4-5 is highly empathetic. I had a score of 8. Ultimately, after participating in the empathy assessment on page 93 of the book, I believe my result speaks for itself. The assessment clearly provides insight to my type of character, as being highly empathetic. I believe that my results are accurate, when I was younger, I constantly cried when I saw homeless families on sleeping on the road in downtown Dallas. So, I did something about it, my family and I volunteered at our church to wake up a few Saturdays a year at 5 AM, to help provide the homeless shelters with food for two hours. I have always been

With the privilege of being a part of patient’s health care teams, there were many challenging aspects working with terminally ill patients. I initially found it hard to fully commit to the therapeutic relationship; I wanted to maintain some form of internal boundary to protect myself emotionally. I found as time when on, I was more willing to open up and exposure my emotional vulnerability in order to fully meet their needs and be there for the patient. It is a delicate balance trying to be there fully for your patient, care for them to the fullest extent, as well as attempting to protect my own emotions and feelings. There is a give and take to this balance, and it evolved as the relationship with the patient evolved and my ease in the role of an intern matured. I have patients who are as close as a friend now, after a year of working together. I am sad to be ending our therapeutic relationship due to the end of my internship, I am also sad that I won’t be having contact these patients anymore, or being kept up to date with their health. It is a strange finality to our working relationship; I am not yet sure how it will

I am currently a phlebotomist at Mayo Clinic and work part-time while continuing my schooling full-time. In this job, I have had to deal with a great many hardships in the third-person by watching certain patients go through treatment time and time again for things like cancer. Watching these patients, adults and children alike, waste away as they continue treatment that is seemingly ineffective is the most uncomfortable part of my job. Seeing these people and talking to total strangers has been uncomfortable since I started this past January but has gotten quite a bit easier from what I have learned from the coursework in my capstone. Through this, I have learned that everyone has a story and many want that story to be heard. Offering compassion, sympathy, sometimes empathy, and an open ear has made this a much more comfortable part of my job. This is because sometimes there are no words that can be shared which will comfort the infirm. Only the presence of another person who is listening can help alleviate the sorrow from a patient. Coming to this realization has made me enjoy my place at the Mayo Clinic even more.

I too, scored high in the emotional intelligence category of this assessment. It has been my experience that showing empathy has had a substantial impact on my ability to form successful relationships. Trying to respond to the needs of individuals takes a great deal of time and effort. The one drawback to this approach is that implementing decisions that involve change can get bogged down by responding to the needs or feelings of the group the change will impact. Have you encountered this challenge?

Basic attending refers to being in the company of someone else both physically and psychologically. We must pay attention to everything an interviewee says and does, including reading the person’s body language and being mindful of the conversations flow. Actively listening is crucial in an interview as it not only conveys information, but also encourages the interviewee to continue speaking. Empathy is the ability to understand another person’s feelings, as well as feel the turmoil of their experiences. It is the capacity to identify intimately with the emotions of another. Also, beyond sharing the feelings of another, it is the willingness to imagine how the other person is impacted by their emotions. People who lack empathy during an interview have a difficult time understanding the emotional drive behind the conversations, understanding the wants and needs of the interviewee, and finding out the hidden meaning in what the interviewee truly wishes to say.

The capacity for empathy allows us to better understand others and to be easier to 'read' their energy. However, this is a feature that can be harmful, so it is important to know how not to be subject to other people's emotions and energies.

Empathy is a feeling of putting yourself on others situation, giving caring and understanding the circumstances of someones who need help, being aware of what others felt behind his/her struggles and also a feeling you want to comfort his/her despite of their worst experiences.