October 13, 2008
Examining a person, not a painting, is how you would normally think medical students and residents learn, but that's not what you'll see in a first-of-its-kind video produced by a professor at Drexel University College of Medicine. "The Heart of Empathy" is an inside look into the unique teaching style of Dr. Florence Gelo, a pastoral psychotherapist and psychoanalyst for over 30 years, and the behavioral science coordinator for Drexel's Family Medicine Residency Program. This video captures Dr. Gelo's technique of using the visual arts to teach medical residents how to emotionally prepare for and deal with death.
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