Health Educator Course Content
From Bird's Eye View Book
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Module 1: Compassion
Lesson Plan 4:
All the Warm Blankets
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Learning Outcome
After viewing the presentation and pausing to discuss the Reflective Questions, students will be able to differentiate between empathy and sympathy. They will identify the importance of compassion in health care for patients and recognize how the ‘little things’ matter a lot when people are in vulnerable health care situations.
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This is a PowerPoint presentation about the power of kindness to heal patients in health care, narrated by Sue Robins. It includes chapter readings from Bird's Eye View.
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Activities
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1. Watch the 25 minute PowerPoint presentation, All the Warm Blankets.
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2. Stop at the Reflective Practice questions embedded in the talk to pause and have a conversation or write an answer to the question.
Supplemental Learning
Please watch these two short videos:
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Brené Brown in RSA Shorts' Empathy Video
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Cleveland Clinic Empathy Video
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References
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1. Best Practice in Provider/Parent Interaction, Betty Davies et. al.
2. Compassionomics, Stephen Trzeciak + Anthony Mazzarelli
3. Bird’s Eye View: Stories of a life lived in health care, Sue Robins. ISBN: 978-1999156015
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