title: Experiential learning of empathy in a care-ethics lab.
abstract: To generate empathy in the care of vulnerable older persons requires care providers to reflect critically on their care practices. Ethics education and training must provide them with tools to accomplish such critical reflection. It must also create a pedagogical context in which good care can be taught and cultivated. The care-ethics lab 'sTimul' originated in 2008 in Flanders with the stimulation of ethical reflection in care providers and care providers in training as its main goal. Also in 2008, sTimul commenced the organization of empathy sessions as an attempt to achieve this goal by simulation. The empathy session is a practical and fairly straightforward way of working to provoke care providers and care providers in training to engage in ethical reflection. Characteristic of the empathy session in the care-ethics lab is the emphasis on experience as a basis for ethical reflection.
authors.affiliation: sTimul: Care-Ethics Lab, Sint-Maartensplein 13, Moorsele, Belgium. linus.vanlaere@stimul.be
authors.forename: Linus
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vanlaere
authors.forename: Trees
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coucke
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gastmans
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001530:Belgium; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004645:Empathy; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration; D016544:Patient Simulation; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D012381:Role Playing; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013850:Thinking