The Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare

This innovative and pioneering training course from the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare provides clinicians, educators and academics with the skills needed to develop empathy teaching in their own setting. In addition, attendees will learn to support others to recognise the barriers and challenges to embedding empathy across the systems they work in, and to develop effective strategies for overcoming them.

Empathy benefits both patients and practitioners: become an expert in teaching this essential skill!

Early bird deadline: 20 January 2026

All attendees are required to apply for this course. Successful applicants will receive a password to complete registration below. Please visit our website for further details and to apply:

https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study/educating-empathy

Half-day, online (MS Teams)

12th February 2026, (9.30-13.00)

This interactive half-day webinar from the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare explores the what, why, and how of teaching empathy. Drawing on current evidence and practice from the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare, participants will examine frameworks such as therapeutic empathy and the CARE Measure, and learn practical strategies to foster empathy in medical education. Participants will also work collaboratively to design a teaching intervention tailored to their clinical or educational context.

This course is aimed at clinical educators, supervisors, and healthcare professionals involved in training students or junior colleagues. Whether you’re based in a university, hospital, or community setting, if you’re looking to embed empathy in medical education or workplace learning, this session is for you.

Find out more on our website: https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study

*If block booking, please provide all attendee names and email addresses to empathy@le.ac.uk in advance of the session

Half-day, online (MS Teams)

11th February 2027, (9.30-13.00)

This interactive half-day webinar from the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare explores the what, why, and how of teaching empathy. Drawing on current evidence and practice from the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare, participants will examine frameworks such as therapeutic empathy and the CARE Measure, and learn practical strategies to foster empathy in medical education. Participants will also work collaboratively to design a teaching intervention tailored to their clinical or educational context.

This course is aimed at clinical educators, supervisors, and healthcare professionals involved in training students or junior colleagues. Whether you’re based in a university, hospital, or community setting, if you’re looking to embed empathy in medical education or workplace learning, this session is for you.

Find out more on our website: https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study

*If block booking, please provide all attendee names and email addresses to empathy@le.ac.uk in advance of the session