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"Walking in Their Shoes": The effects of an immersive digital story intervention on empathy in nursing students.
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- The role of training and education for enhancing empathy among healthcare students: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.BMC medical education · 2025Pooled it
- Self-reflection and empathy in undergraduate nursing students: a network analysis.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Compassionate Care in a Health Education Setting: A Scoping Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- Impact of 3D simulation on cultural empathy education of nursing students: a quantitative study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The Impact of Digital Storytelling on Learning Outcomes and Student Satisfaction in Psychology Education for Nursing and Midwifery Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Journal of advances in medical education & professionalism · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Usability, Acceptability, User Experience, and Design of an Interactive Responsive Platform to Improve Perinatal Nurses' Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward Substance Use in Pregnancy: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Media-Induced and Psychological Factors That Foster Empathy Through Virtual Reality in Nursing Education: 2×2 Between-Subjects Experimental Study.JMIR medical education · 2025Article
- Efficacy of high fidelity pediatric simulation on nursing students' self-awareness and empathy in a Middle Eastern County.Heliyon · 2025Article
- The immediate and delayed effects of group activities on Chinese college students' empathy: a longitudinal tracking study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Psychometric evaluation of the 'Jefferson Scale of Empathy' in a sample of nursing students in the United Kingdom.Nursing open · 2024Article
- Effects of robot-assisted digital storytelling on hospitalized children's communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.Educational technology research and development : ETR & D · 2023Article
- First-year nursing students' initial contact with the clinical learning environment: impacts on their empathy levels and perceptions of professional identity.BMC nursing · 2022Article
- "Walking in Their Shoes": The effects of an immersive digital story intervention on empathy in nursing students.Nursing open · 2021Article
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Abstract
aimTo evaluate the effects of a novel, immersive digital story intervention on empathy.
designA randomized trial with three phases.
resultsA total of 238 2nd year nursing students were recruited between May 2018 and December 2019. At baseline, no significant differences in empathy between the groups were found (p = .760). However, at post-test, empathy was significantly higher in the intervention group (M: 118.76, SD: 10.65) than it was in the control group (M: 114.60, SD: 15.40) (p = .012). At follow-up, there were no significant differences in empathy between the groups (p = .364).
conclusionThe intervention resulted in an immediate increase in empathy in nursing students. However, further development of effective intervention delivery modes and fundamental redesign of the intervention itself would be needed to sustain this improvement over the long term.
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