The Collaboration for Compassion in Healthcare Education (C4CHEd)

A virtual conference held by the University of Plymouth in December 2020 was the first step in starting to share Sarah Tobin’s work along with that of a number of more established researchers and academics who all aim to promote and champion the concept of compassionate practice and education. The patient’s voice was also heard loudly and clearly at the conference and it was abundantly clear the impact of compassionate care on the individual. 

The conference provided the opportunity to canvas interest in forming a group – the enthusiasm was evident as was the well-spring of experience, ideas and current initiatives. The evidence that many people work to promote compassionate practice was very clear as was the understanding that the impact could be even greater if resources and ideas were pooled and shared – the Collaboration for Compassion in Healthcare Education was born.

Witnessing a failing in kindness and its devastating impact on a patient, Sarah began her journey to understand compassion: 

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We're building a resource of useful references provided by our membership and more widely available within the sector.