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: 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...
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...
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...
📰 NEWS: Congratulations to Jon LaPook, MD, and Mohammadreza Hojat who received Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network Symposium 2025
🔗 Read more: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/world-c...
🔗 Read more: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/world-c...
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
📰 NEWS: Congratulations to Jon LaPook, MD, and Mohammadreza Hojat who received Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network Symposium 2025
🔗 Read more: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/world-c...
🔗 Read more: www.global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/news/world-c...
❓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...
September 30, 2025 at 8:01 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...
Don't miss your chance to attend our free webinar on 'Empathy Training: What's In It For Me?' for healthcare professionals, educators and students.
📅 Thursday, October 2
⏰ 12.30pm-1.30pm
➡️ Booking deadline: Tuesday, September 30
Register now: tinyurl.com/3jjbp3b9
📅 Thursday, October 2
⏰ 12.30pm-1.30pm
➡️ Booking deadline: Tuesday, September 30
Register now: tinyurl.com/3jjbp3b9
September 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Don't miss your chance to attend our free webinar on 'Empathy Training: What's In It For Me?' for healthcare professionals, educators and students.
📅 Thursday, October 2
⏰ 12.30pm-1.30pm
➡️ Booking deadline: Tuesday, September 30
Register now: tinyurl.com/3jjbp3b9
📅 Thursday, October 2
⏰ 12.30pm-1.30pm
➡️ Booking deadline: Tuesday, September 30
Register now: tinyurl.com/3jjbp3b9
We are running a free webinar on 'Empathy Training: What's In It For Me?' for healthcare professionals, educators and students.
📅 Thursday, October 2
⏰ 12.30pm-1.30pm
➡️ Booking deadline: Tuesday, September 30
Book here: tinyurl.com/3jjbp3b9
📅 Thursday, October 2
⏰ 12.30pm-1.30pm
➡️ Booking deadline: Tuesday, September 30
Book here: tinyurl.com/3jjbp3b9
September 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We are running a free webinar on 'Empathy Training: What's In It For Me?' for healthcare professionals, educators and students.
📅 Thursday, October 2
⏰ 12.30pm-1.30pm
➡️ Booking deadline: Tuesday, September 30
Book here: tinyurl.com/3jjbp3b9
📅 Thursday, October 2
⏰ 12.30pm-1.30pm
➡️ Booking deadline: Tuesday, September 30
Book here: tinyurl.com/3jjbp3b9