title: Teaching care and cooperation with relatives: video as a learning tool in mental health work.
abstract: Empathy is crucial for establishing caring relationships and cooperation with relatives of people with severe mental illness. This study describes the use of video as a learning tool in a post-bachelor program. A focus group of students attended a video session. Based on a phenomenological descriptive analysis, we found two major themes: (1) Insight and empathy and (2) Developing clinical competence. The first theme relates to increased insight into specific family situations, which resulted in new-found engagement and ideas for cooperation. The second theme relates to how this increased insight was crucial for re-evaluating one's own practice, attitudes, and limitations. This study indicates that the use of video develops sensitivity, attitudes, and empathy in a classroom setting. Enhanced general competence activates clinical knowledge through an improved awareness of relatives' perspectives.
authors: Department of Health and Caring Sciences, University of Tromsø, Brevika, Tromsø, Norway. elsa.stiberg@c2i.net
authors: Elsa
authors: E
authors: Stiberg
authors: Unni
authors: U
authors: Holand
authors: Reidun
authors: R
authors: Olstad
authors: Geir
authors: G
authors: Lorem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009664:Norway; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D014741:Video Recording