Table 1 PICOS, Inclusion Criteria and Exclusion Criteria Applied to Database Search
From: A systematic scoping review of approaches to teaching and assessing empathy in medicine
| Â | Inclusion | Exclusion |
|---|---|---|
Population | • Doctors/Physicians • Medical Students | • Allied health specialties such as Pharmacy, Dietetics, Chiropractic, Midwifery, Podiatry, Speech Therapy, Occupational and Physiotherapy • Non-medical specialties such as Clinical and Translational Science, Alternative and Traditional Medicine, Veterinary, Dentistry |
Intervention | • Interventions (with specific outcomes i.e. qualitative/quantitative) | • Sympathy • Self-compassion • Compassion • If empathy is only minor component of scale/assessment (eg, surveys) • Transference/Countertransference • Psychotherapy |
Comparison | NA | NA |
Outcomes | • Impact of curricula on participants, patients, or host organisation | NA |
Study Design | • All study designs and article types were included: - Mixed methods research, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, and descriptive papers - Grey Literature / electronic and print information not controlled by commercial publishing - Case reports and series, ideas, editorials, conference abstracts, and perspectives | • Non-English articles without English translations |