Publications by authors named "Leila Keshtkar"
Objective: To examine whether medical student empathy changes throughout the five years of a UK medical school.
Methods: Students completed an online version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE-S) during the 2022-2023 academic year. Comparisons of empathy scores were made using analysis of variance (ANOVA), and independent -tests.
Introduction: One in 10 patients are harmed in healthcare, more than three million deaths occur annually worldwide due to patient safety incidents, and the economic burden of patient safety incidents accounts for 15% of hospital expenditure. Poor communication between patients and practitioners is a significant contributor to patient safety incidents. This study aims to evaluate the extent to which patient safety is affected by communication and to provide a logic model that illustrates how communication impacts patient safety.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To conduct an overview of systematic reviews that explore the effectiveness of interventions to enhance medical student well-being.
Design: Overview of systematic reviews.
Data Sources: The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE, APA PsychInfo, CINAHL and Scopus were searched from database inception until 31 May 2023 to identify systematic reviews of interventions to enhance medical student well-being.
Background: Practitioners who deliver enhanced empathy may improve patient satisfaction with care. Patient satisfaction is associated with positive patient outcomes ranging from medication adherence to survival.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of health care practitioner empathy on patient satisfaction, using a systematic review of randomized trials.