Poetry, medicine, and the International Hippocrates Prize

Singer, Donald R. J.; Hulse, Michael

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(10)60427-8

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“…10,16 Poetry provides a method of contemplation capable of exploring tolerance for different perspectives and promoting better understanding between practitioner and patient, among practitioners, and within health-care and society systems. 4,14,17,18 Poetry provides an instrument for patients and health-care professionals through which to find meaning in illness and grief 19 and as a mechanism to develop compassion and empathy for oneself and others. 5 Currently, the integration of humanities within medicine and health professions education lacks rigorous research evaluation.…”

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Impact of Poetry on Empathy and Professional Burnout of Health-Care Workers: A Systematic Review

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Background: Narrative medicine (NM) interventions have positively influenced empathy and burnout to varying degrees in health-care workers. We systematically reviewed the impact of poetry, a form of NM, on empathy and professional burnout. Methods: A comprehensive search of Ovid MEDLINE(R) and Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, and Daily, Ovid EMBASE, Ovid PsycINFO, Ovid Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Ovid Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Scopus, from inception to September 25, 2018, for articles published in English, was conducted using search terms related to NM, empathy, professional burnout, and health-care personnel. Results: Of the 401 abstracts independently screened for inclusion by 2 reviewers, 2 quantitative, 3 qualitative studies, and 1 research letter were included. One research letter, focusing on the use of poetry, found it to increase empathy as measured by a nonvalidated questionnaire. All other studies used mixed NM interventions: 2 quantitative studies, using validated surveys, showed an increase in empathy and 2 qualitative studies showed limited to a prominent finding of increased empathy. There were no studies that used poetry exclusively to assess impact on professional burnout. One quantitative study, utilizing a validated survey, revealed no overall reduced burnout among residents, although high attendance participants had moderately reduced burnout postintervention, and one qualitative study noted limited reduction in burnout. Conclusion: There is evidence that poetry as part of a NM intervention may increase empathy and limited evidence that it may reduce professional burnout among health-care workers.

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Impact of Poetry on Empathy and Professional Burnout of Health-Care Workers: A Systematic Review

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“…Abse was both a doctor and a distinguished poet. He was a central figure within the Hippocrates Initiative for Poetry and Medicine1 as a member of the International Board of the Hippocrates Press and as a regular contributor to readings of Hippocrates poetry and medicine events during the first 5 years of the initiative. He was also in 2010 the first poet judge of the now internationally established Hippocrates Awards for Poetry and Medicine, from which winning poems have been published in the PMJ 2 3.…”

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Dannie Abse: doctor and poet

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“…It was to serve this understanding that the International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine was established1 2 by Professor Donald Singer of Warwick University's Medical School and poet Michael Hulse of the Warwick Writing Programme. The inaugural Hippocrates Prize was awarded both in an ‘open’ category—which anyone anywhere was eligible to enter—and an ‘NHS’ category open to National Health Service related employees and health students (see details of the awards) i.…”

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