Maeve Coughlan, Helen Lynch
"Can I Play Too?" A Qualitative Study of Outdoor Play and Participation Among Autistic Preschoolers
The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
medical students empathy toward patients alzheimers rarely found formal medical curricula based vygotskys theory watching films reflection considered effective methods improve empathy present study aimed explore medical students perceptions empathy toward patients alzheimer participating educational program using interactive video based vygotskys theory qualitative study conducted tehran university medical sciences 2022 population included 40 medical students firstly still alice movie feelings professor diagnosed alzheimers disease shown students secondly students reflected experiences watching movie thirdly session held group discussion subject movie patients feelings doctors attitude social environment surrounding patient shown movie necessity empathy toward patients alzheimers disease reflection papers analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis method analyzing 216 codes 38 reflection papers four categories including communication patient alzheimers understanding patient alzheimers whole medical science development students individual ideology extracted reflection group discussion watching movie providing opportunities social interaction personal interpretations lead active role enhancing empathy based perceptions medical students gained perspective consider patient whole pay attention establishing proper relationship patient