Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare
@empathy-centre.bsky.social
Placing empathy at the heart of healthcare delivery by pioneering a robust new approach to medical education & training at the University of Leicester & beyond.
❗️8 WEEKS TO GO... until our 2026 Educating for Empathy in Healthcare course Early Bird rate closes. It will show clinicians, educators and academics how to develop #empathy teaching in their own settings.
➡️ Early bird deadline: January 20, 2026
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
➡️ Early bird deadline: January 20, 2026
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
❗️8 WEEKS TO GO... until our 2026 Educating for Empathy in Healthcare course Early Bird rate closes. It will show clinicians, educators and academics how to develop #empathy teaching in their own settings.
➡️ Early bird deadline: January 20, 2026
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
➡️ Early bird deadline: January 20, 2026
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
A randomised controlled trial has indicated that women who receive empathic communication-based training perceive healthcare communication more favourably and have a more positive overall birth experience
🔗 Find out more: bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
🔗 Find out more: bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A randomised controlled trial has indicated that women who receive empathic communication-based training perceive healthcare communication more favourably and have a more positive overall birth experience
🔗 Find out more: bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
🔗 Find out more: bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
We were thrilled to represent the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network at the #THEAwards on Thursday where it was a finalist in the International Collaboration of the Year category 🙌
Congratulations to the winners!
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
Congratulations to the winners!
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We were thrilled to represent the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network at the #THEAwards on Thursday where it was a finalist in the International Collaboration of the Year category 🙌
Congratulations to the winners!
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
Congratulations to the winners!
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
Our colleagues Jeremy Howick and Catherine Eyres will be at the #THEAwards tomorrow.
They're co-founders of the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network which is shortlisted for International Collaboration of the Year 👏
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
They're co-founders of the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network which is shortlisted for International Collaboration of the Year 👏
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our colleagues Jeremy Howick and Catherine Eyres will be at the #THEAwards tomorrow.
They're co-founders of the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network which is shortlisted for International Collaboration of the Year 👏
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
They're co-founders of the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network which is shortlisted for International Collaboration of the Year 👏
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
📰 NEWS: A pioneering network dedicated to championing the use of #empathy in #healthcare consultations has confirmed its ground-breaking international conference will return in 2027
🔗 Read more here: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/ground-...
🔗 Read more here: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/ground-...
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📰 NEWS: A pioneering network dedicated to championing the use of #empathy in #healthcare consultations has confirmed its ground-breaking international conference will return in 2027
🔗 Read more here: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/ground-...
🔗 Read more here: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/ground-...
Our Educating for Empathy in Healthcare course is being led by award-winning expert Professor Jeremy Howick 🙌
Professor Howick will show clinicians, educators and academics how to develop #empathy teaching in their own settings.
🔗 Apply now: le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
Professor Howick will show clinicians, educators and academics how to develop #empathy teaching in their own settings.
🔗 Apply now: le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Our Educating for Empathy in Healthcare course is being led by award-winning expert Professor Jeremy Howick 🙌
Professor Howick will show clinicians, educators and academics how to develop #empathy teaching in their own settings.
🔗 Apply now: le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
Professor Howick will show clinicians, educators and academics how to develop #empathy teaching in their own settings.
🔗 Apply now: le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
Our Educating for Empathy in Healthcare course will enable clinicians, educators and academics to develop #empathy teaching in their own settings.
❗️ Early bird rate deadline: January 20, 2026
📅 April 20-22, 2026
📍 University of Leicester
🔗 Apply now: le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
❗️ Early bird rate deadline: January 20, 2026
📅 April 20-22, 2026
📍 University of Leicester
🔗 Apply now: le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Our Educating for Empathy in Healthcare course will enable clinicians, educators and academics to develop #empathy teaching in their own settings.
❗️ Early bird rate deadline: January 20, 2026
📅 April 20-22, 2026
📍 University of Leicester
🔗 Apply now: le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
❗️ Early bird rate deadline: January 20, 2026
📅 April 20-22, 2026
📍 University of Leicester
🔗 Apply now: le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
2 weeks today our colleagues Jeremy Howick and Catherine Eyres will be at the #THEAwards. They're co-founders of the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network which is shortlisted for the International Collaboration of the Year title.
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
@timeshighered.bsky.social
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
@timeshighered.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
2 weeks today our colleagues Jeremy Howick and Catherine Eyres will be at the #THEAwards. They're co-founders of the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network which is shortlisted for the International Collaboration of the Year title.
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
@timeshighered.bsky.social
🔗 www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
@timeshighered.bsky.social
Are you a healthcare professional, educator or student looking to deepen your empathetic practice? Join our unique one-hour session, facilitated by Dr Helen Foster.
🗓 Thursday, November 6
⏰ 12:30pm – 1:30pm
🔗 Book your free place by November 4: www.tickettailor.com/events/stone...
🗓 Thursday, November 6
⏰ 12:30pm – 1:30pm
🔗 Book your free place by November 4: www.tickettailor.com/events/stone...
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Are you a healthcare professional, educator or student looking to deepen your empathetic practice? Join our unique one-hour session, facilitated by Dr Helen Foster.
🗓 Thursday, November 6
⏰ 12:30pm – 1:30pm
🔗 Book your free place by November 4: www.tickettailor.com/events/stone...
🗓 Thursday, November 6
⏰ 12:30pm – 1:30pm
🔗 Book your free place by November 4: www.tickettailor.com/events/stone...
We have a funded opportunity for a #PhD student to help us develop, deliver and evaluate #artificialintelligence #empathy interventions for #healthcare #students and #healthcarepractitioners.
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
October 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We have a funded opportunity for a #PhD student to help us develop, deliver and evaluate #artificialintelligence #empathy interventions for #healthcare #students and #healthcarepractitioners.
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
📰 NEWS: Films released to drive forward empathic healthcare education
Professor Jon LaPook, MD, Professor Monika Arora, and Professor Gozie Offiah, gave keynote speeches at the 2025 Global Empathy in Healthcare Network Symposium.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/e397cjy3
Professor Jon LaPook, MD, Professor Monika Arora, and Professor Gozie Offiah, gave keynote speeches at the 2025 Global Empathy in Healthcare Network Symposium.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/e397cjy3
Films released to drive forward empathic healthcare education — Global Empathy in Healthcare Network
Films featuring three leading empathic healthcare experts sharing their knowledge with healthcare professionals and researchers have been released online.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📰 NEWS: Films released to drive forward empathic healthcare education
Professor Jon LaPook, MD, Professor Monika Arora, and Professor Gozie Offiah, gave keynote speeches at the 2025 Global Empathy in Healthcare Network Symposium.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/e397cjy3
Professor Jon LaPook, MD, Professor Monika Arora, and Professor Gozie Offiah, gave keynote speeches at the 2025 Global Empathy in Healthcare Network Symposium.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/e397cjy3
❓ DYK The Empathy Project NYU Langone Health has produced a series of Hollywood-quality short films that show #healthcare providers how to be more humane and empower patients to be effective participants in their own care?
🔗 Find out more: www.empathyproject.com
🔗 Find out more: www.empathyproject.com
The Empathy Project
The Empathy Project is bringing together leaders in medicine, education, entertainment, and technology to promote a culture of empathy in medicine. The project creates short films that train healthcar...
www.empathyproject.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
❓ DYK The Empathy Project NYU Langone Health has produced a series of Hollywood-quality short films that show #healthcare providers how to be more humane and empower patients to be effective participants in their own care?
🔗 Find out more: www.empathyproject.com
🔗 Find out more: www.empathyproject.com
📰 NEWS: Our director Jeremy Howick has shared what he has learned from building the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network in the Times Higher Education.
The network is shortlisted for the @timeshighered.bsky.social International Collaboration of the Year award
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/593tcmyu
The network is shortlisted for the @timeshighered.bsky.social International Collaboration of the Year award
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/593tcmyu
October 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📰 NEWS: Our director Jeremy Howick has shared what he has learned from building the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network in the Times Higher Education.
The network is shortlisted for the @timeshighered.bsky.social International Collaboration of the Year award
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/593tcmyu
The network is shortlisted for the @timeshighered.bsky.social International Collaboration of the Year award
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/593tcmyu
📰 NEWS: We've developed a longitudinal empathy-focused communication curriculum for medical students which:
👉 Embeds #empathy across all years of training
👉 Includes home visits, workplace-based assessments & patient feedback
#MedicalEducation
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/media
👉 Embeds #empathy across all years of training
👉 Includes home visits, workplace-based assessments & patient feedback
#MedicalEducation
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/media
October 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
📰 NEWS: We've developed a longitudinal empathy-focused communication curriculum for medical students which:
👉 Embeds #empathy across all years of training
👉 Includes home visits, workplace-based assessments & patient feedback
#MedicalEducation
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/media
👉 Embeds #empathy across all years of training
👉 Includes home visits, workplace-based assessments & patient feedback
#MedicalEducation
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/media
❗️ 1 WEEK TO... the deadline for bookings for our Evidence-based #empathy skills for healthcare practitioners webinar for #healthcare professionals and trainees.
📅 Tuesday, November 4
❗️Booking deadline: Tuesday, October 28
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
📅 Tuesday, November 4
❗️Booking deadline: Tuesday, October 28
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
❗️ 1 WEEK TO... the deadline for bookings for our Evidence-based #empathy skills for healthcare practitioners webinar for #healthcare professionals and trainees.
📅 Tuesday, November 4
❗️Booking deadline: Tuesday, October 28
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
📅 Tuesday, November 4
❗️Booking deadline: Tuesday, October 28
🔗 le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
We have a funded opportunity for a #PhD student to help us develop, deliver and evaluate #artificialintelligence #empathy interventions for #healthcare #students and #healthcarepractitioners.
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
October 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
We have a funded opportunity for a #PhD student to help us develop, deliver and evaluate #artificialintelligence #empathy interventions for #healthcare #students and #healthcarepractitioners.
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
❓DYK we have released a new handbook? Topics covered in 'Empathy-based healthcare education: How to teach empathy' include developing an evidence-based empathy curriculum and building an empathic hidden curriculum.
🔗 Read the beta version here: doi.org/10.25392/lei...
🔗 Read the beta version here: doi.org/10.25392/lei...
October 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
❓DYK we have released a new handbook? Topics covered in 'Empathy-based healthcare education: How to teach empathy' include developing an evidence-based empathy curriculum and building an empathic hidden curriculum.
🔗 Read the beta version here: doi.org/10.25392/lei...
🔗 Read the beta version here: doi.org/10.25392/lei...
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Two amazing medical authors discussing silencing of patients and meaning-making in medicine at the historic Apothecaries Hall on 28 October fyi @mja-uk.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social catalogue.apothecaries.org/product?cata...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Two amazing medical authors discussing silencing of patients and meaning-making in medicine at the historic Apothecaries Hall on 28 October fyi @mja-uk.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social catalogue.apothecaries.org/product?cata...
Congratulations to our latest Empathy Champion – Karen James 👏
Karen is Commercial Services Manager at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and impressed our team with the way she brings #empathy to all her interactions with others
#healthcare
Karen is Commercial Services Manager at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and impressed our team with the way she brings #empathy to all her interactions with others
#healthcare
October 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Congratulations to our latest Empathy Champion – Karen James 👏
Karen is Commercial Services Manager at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and impressed our team with the way she brings #empathy to all her interactions with others
#healthcare
Karen is Commercial Services Manager at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and impressed our team with the way she brings #empathy to all her interactions with others
#healthcare
💡 A new study has found #virtualreality education increases neurologic immersion and #empathy in #nursing students and should have a larger place in clinician education.
🔗 Read more here: www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/15...
🔗 Read more here: www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/15...
October 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
💡 A new study has found #virtualreality education increases neurologic immersion and #empathy in #nursing students and should have a larger place in clinician education.
🔗 Read more here: www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/15...
🔗 Read more here: www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/15...
📰 NEWS: Two more dynamic #empathy centres – Emp@thies Humanisation des soins in France and The Empathy Place based at the Global Compassion and Empathy Initiative in Scotland – have joined the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network
🔗 Read more: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/interna...
🔗 Read more: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/interna...
International empathic healthcare network expands — Global Empathy in Healthcare Network
A pioneering international network dedicated to championing the use of empathy in healthcare consultations to improve outcomes for patients and clinicians has expanded its reach.
www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
📰 NEWS: Two more dynamic #empathy centres – Emp@thies Humanisation des soins in France and The Empathy Place based at the Global Compassion and Empathy Initiative in Scotland – have joined the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network
🔗 Read more: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/interna...
🔗 Read more: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/interna...
VACANCY ALERT: We're looking for a post-doctoral researcher to contribute to our NIHR-funded realist review exploring the effective expression of empathy in digital healthcare consultations.
⏰DEADLINE: Wednesday, October 15
🔗 jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
⏰DEADLINE: Wednesday, October 15
🔗 jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
October 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
VACANCY ALERT: We're looking for a post-doctoral researcher to contribute to our NIHR-funded realist review exploring the effective expression of empathy in digital healthcare consultations.
⏰DEADLINE: Wednesday, October 15
🔗 jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
⏰DEADLINE: Wednesday, October 15
🔗 jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
💡 A new paper has been released on 'A Novel Approach to Teaching Empathic Leadership using Heuristics'. The study prioritised heuristics for #empathic leadership and has created an innovative course for leaders.
🔗 Find out more: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
🔗 Find out more: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
💡 A new paper has been released on 'A Novel Approach to Teaching Empathic Leadership using Heuristics'. The study prioritised heuristics for #empathic leadership and has created an innovative course for leaders.
🔗 Find out more: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
🔗 Find out more: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
We have a funded opportunity for a #PhD student to help us develop, deliver and evaluate #artificialintelligence #empathy interventions for #healthcare #students and #healthcarepractitioners.
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
October 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We have a funded opportunity for a #PhD student to help us develop, deliver and evaluate #artificialintelligence #empathy interventions for #healthcare #students and #healthcarepractitioners.
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
⏰ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 2, 2025
🔗 APPLY NOW: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
VACANCY ALERT: We're looking for a post-doctoral researcher to contribute to our NIHR-funded realist review exploring the effective expression of empathy in digital healthcare consultations.
⏰ DEADLINE: Wednesday, October 15
🔗 jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
⏰ DEADLINE: Wednesday, October 15
🔗 jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
VACANCY ALERT: We're looking for a post-doctoral researcher to contribute to our NIHR-funded realist review exploring the effective expression of empathy in digital healthcare consultations.
⏰ DEADLINE: Wednesday, October 15
🔗 jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
⏰ DEADLINE: Wednesday, October 15
🔗 jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...