Youhua Lu, Qiuxia Li, Jinhui Liu, Yongchun Cui, Jia Yang, Dongqing Gao, Jingmin Liu, Anning Ma, Nan Zhang, Jialin Wang
Association between cancer health literacy and cancer-related behavior of residents in Shandong, China
Health promotion international
communication mutual understanding among healthcare providers significant concern within healthcare system enhancing empathy one way foster effective communication mutual understanding aim research evaluate compare impact story reading level empathy medical students mazandaran university medical sciences study employed intervention educational design quasiexperimental convenience sample 51 medical students selected statistical population process story reading conducted six twohour virtual sessions students classroom spanning six weeks selected stories discussed online virtual class supervision instructor focusing story elements assess students empathy educational program davis general empathy questionnaire administered six sessions one week later end course statistical analysis collected data performed using repeated measures analysis variance bonferronis post hoc test spss version 28 software significance level set 005 findings revealed 27 participants 587 female students remaining male students average age 195 086 years level general empathy among students significantly increased intervention compared intervention p0001 furthermore analysis variance repeated measures indicated significant effect story reading program enhancing empathy terms emotional cognitive transfer among students intervention group p0001 research findings suggest story reading program effectively enhances overall sense empathy among medical students university medical sciences therefore implementing method universities higher education centers libraries psychology centers teaching empathy valuable fostering empathy skills improving healthcare