Insights on the Nationwide Project in Osteopathic Medical Education and Empathy (POMEE)

摘要

Initial data from the first phase of a nationwide study of cognitive empathy, theProject in Osteopathic Medical Education and Empathy (POMEE), have beengathered. At the beginning of their first year of medical school, more than 6000osteopathic medical students filled out the Jefferson Scale of Empathy. ThePOMEE principal investigator and co-investigators—Mohammadreza Hojat,PhD; Leonard H. Calabrese, DO; and Stephen C. Shannon, DO—responded toa series of questions posed by the author pertaining to the importance ofPOMEE and the impact the findings will have on educating osteopathicmedical students. Continued success of this large-scale study will depend onthe deans of the 41 participating osteopathic medical schools to continue toencourage student involvement in the study as they progress through their 4years of undergraduate medical education. Study results will be disseminatedvia national and international meetings and professional journals.