Empathetics, Inc., a leading empathy and communications training firm that offers web-based CME/CE-accredited courses for medical professionals and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, an organization that works with healthcare professionals in training and in practice to instill a culture of respect, dignity and compassion for patients and professionals – have partnered to help bring empathy education to medical and nursing students.
“The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is a leader in funding research and innovative programs aimed at enhancing humanism in medicine and in promoting compassion and empathy in healthcare. The Foundation is shaping future generations of caring healthcare providers,” stated Dr. Helen Riess, Founder and Chairman of Empathetics, Inc. “We are honored to be partnered with the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to help promote the mission of the organization to enhance humanism in the healthcare experience.”
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