AOA-OMED Research Posters 2024-OMED24-POSTERS

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Eric Harp's presentation explores the challenges of gathering social histories in medical education, emphasizing empathy and osteopathic principles. Three participant groups—non-clinical staff, PA students, and DO students—analyzed the subject. Overall, social history taking was seen as key to expressing empathy and addressing the osteopathic triad of body, mind, and spirit. Students found questions on spiritual and emotional health particularly challenging, highlighting an area for educational improvement. DO students surprisingly saw less alignment with osteopathic principles, suggesting further integration is needed in training. The study underscores social history's role in trust-building and holistic patient care.

Keywords

social history

osteopathic principles

empathy

medical education

holistic care