‘IN CELEBRATION OF EMPATHY’ SYMPOSIUM - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Dear Colleague,

The UTS Empathy Initiative research group will be hosting the Third Empathy Symposium in December 2022. This will be an exciting event that brings together healthcare educators, clinicians and researchers who are committed to better understanding the power of empathy to transform education and improve patient care.

The Symposium will include plenary speakers, oral and poster presentations exploring the relationship between empathy and patient care, and promoting practical strategies for enhancing and evaluating empathy in clinical and educational settings.

SYMPOSIUM DETAILS

Date: December 1 and 2, 2022

Time:

Day 1: 8:30am-2:00pm (registration from 8.15am)

Day 2: 8:30am-4:00pm

Location: Sofitel, Darling Harbour

Cost: $400 per person (for two days)

SYMPOSIUM THEMES

You are invited to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation addressing one of the following themes:

Empathy in Practice - How empathy is enacted in healthcare practice, patient/client experiences and outcomes.
The Evidence for Empathy - What the research shows – what we know and what we need to know.
Education for Empathy - How education can foster empathy.
The Power of Empathy - Empathy as a political movement that informs social justice.
Codesign for Empathy - Codesign as a strategy to enhance empathy in action.
Empathy in a time of Covid – Challenges and triumphs in providing empathic care during a global pandemic.

PRESENTATION FORMATS

Abstracts are invited for both posters and oral presentations of 20 minutes (inclusive of 5 minutes for questions).

ABSTRACT SPECIFICATIONS

An abstract of between 200-250 words, with no more than four references is required for both oral and poster presentations. Please submit as a Word document using Calibri size 11 font and 1.5 spacing.

The following details should be included at the top of the page:

Type of presentation (oral or poster)

Title

Theme

Names of presenter/, title and affiliations

Note: The first author will be the corresponding author and receive all correspondence from the Symposium Scientific Committee.

DECLARATION OF CONSENT

Authors who submit an abstract and present at the Symposium, agree to the following terms:

My co-authors and I consent to publication of our abstract in the Symposium program.
I understand that if my abstract for an oral presentation is not successful, I may be offered a poster presentation.
Publication of my abstract will not infringe any copyright, intellectual property or third-party rights.
If my abstract is accepted for an oral presentation, I understand that the scheduled presentation time cannot be amended.
I will provide a short biography for use by the Symposium organisers when requested.
I give permission for a photographer to be present during my presentation and for my photos to be published on the UTS Empathy Initiative website, newsletters or other promotional materials.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DATE

Abstracts must be submitted by close of business on September 30, 2022.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Please email abstracts to: Suzanne.Sheppard-Law@uts.edu.au with the words ‘Empathy Symposium Abstract’ in the email subject line.

Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged by email.

Author's will be notified of their abstract status early October, 2022.

Once a paper is accepted, at least one of the authors must register and pay to attend the Symposium by November 1, 2022.

For any queries, please contact:

Dr Jacqui Pich, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Technology, Sydney Australia
E jacqueline.Pich@uts.edu.au
T 0438 460 745

We look forward to receiving your abstracts and seeing you at the symposium.

Dr Jacqui Pich

Distinguished Professor Tracy Levett-Jones

Program:

‘IN CELEBRATION OF EMPATHY’ SYMPOSIUM 2022

Thursday 1 December 9am – 2pm
8.30am	Registration
9am	Welcome	Distinguished Professor Tracy Levett-Jones, UTS School of Nursing & Midwifery
EMPATHY IN PRACTICE Chair: Tracy Levett-Jones
9.20am	Setting the scene: Personal insights into the lived experiences of healthcare consumers	Invited Speakers - Loretta Musgrave and Dr Vanessa Scarf, Midwifery Academics, UTS School of Nursing & Midwifery
9.45am	'Waiting to get sick'	Invited Speaker - Dr Ben Bravery, author and medical doctor undertaking speciality training in psychiatry
10.10am	Handover from the HEART: Holistic, Empathetic, Assuring, Relevant and Timely	Catherine Osborn, CNE, Royal North Shore Hospital
10.30am	Celebrating the life and work of Florence Nightingale - Shining a light on the work of 200 Prince of Wales nurses	Karen Tuqiri, DON, Mary Mulcahy, NE, and Kathryn Hoban, CNC, Prince of Wales Hospital and Tracy Levett-Jones, UTS
10.50am	The impact of empathy and engagement on clinician well-being. Exploring the links with vicarious trauma and vicarious resilience	Carolyn Cousins, Director, ‘Tuned In Consulting’, Convenor of the Clinical Division of the Australian College of Social Work

11.10am - MORNING TEA

THE EVIDENCE FOR EMPATHY Chair: Natalie Govind
11.40am	Being sympathetically present: the ‘Big work’ of caring practices	Invited Speaker - Professor Brendan McCormack, Head of The Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, USyd
12.10pm	Preventing care factor zero: Improving nursing satisfaction and retention together with patient outcomes through facilitation of compassionate person-centred care	Allyson Waird, CNC, Royal North Shore Hospital
12.30pm	The Heart of Caring: How we are cultivating compassionate and empathetic leaders	Sally Peters and Suzanne Murray, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
12.50pm	‘See through my eyes’: Cultural empathy simulation education with Hospital staff	Jacqueline Stephenson and Jenni Graves, Diversity Programs Managers, Prince of Wales Hospital

1.10pm - LUNCH & POSTER VIEWING

2pm – DAY 1 CLOSE

3.30.-5PM - ROCKS WALKING TOUR (optional)

Meet at: Shop 5, Clocktower Square, Corner Argyle and Harrington Streets, The Rocks.

‘IN CELEBRATION OF EMPATHY’ SYMPOSIUM 2022

Friday 2 December 9am – 4.30pm
8.50am	Welcome to Day 2	Dr Jacqui Pich, UTS
THE POWER OF EMPATHY Chair: Jacqui Pich
9am	Empathy as a political movement that informs social justice	Invited Speaker – The Hon. Prof. Verity Firth, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Social Justice and Inclusion), UTS
EDUCATION FOR EMPATHY Chair: Jacqui Pich
9.30am	The illusion of empathy education	Invited Speakers – Dr Helen Rook and Dr Caz Hales, Victoria University of Wellington
10am	Volunteer taster program	Ellie Barker, RN and Honours student
10.20am	An immersive experience of aphasia in stroke designed to promote empathy and understanding in health students	Jane Frost, Stephen Isbel, Jane Kellett and Tanya Lawlis, Canberra University
10.40am	Strengths-based nursing education - Setting early career nurses up for success	Hayley Pollock, Georgina Willets and Loretta Garvey, Federation University Australia
11am	Palliative care communication simulation for undergraduates	Samantha Hingley, Katrina Recoche, Kaori Siminoaba and Janet Wettenhall, Monash University

11.20am - MORNING TEA & POSTER VIEWING

EMPATHY IN A TIME OF COVID Chair: Suzanne Sheppard-Law
11.50am	Caring for children with life-limiting conditions and their families during the pandemic	Invited Speaker - Philly Smith, RN and Acting Nurse Manager, Bear Cottage paediatric hospice
12.10pm	‘We weren’t ready for this’ – Empathy driven decision making in the COVID context	Dr Toni Lindsay and Catherine Lambert, Chris Obrien Lifehouse
12.30pm	The vulnerability of frontline workers and the use of empathy during the Covid 19 pandemic	Elisabeth Pich, RN and Kailie Moroney, RN, Northern Sydney Local Health District
12.50pm	The impact of COVID-19 on nursing students’ clinical placements: A call for empathy	Aimee Lamb, Western Sydney University, Suzanne Sheppard-Law, Belinda Causby, Cristina Zeng, Carmen Axisa and Tracy Levett-Jones, UTS

1.10pm - LUNCH

CO-DESIGN FOR EMPATHY Chair: Jo River
2pm	Empathy – it’s more than just a nice idea	Invited Speaker - Dr Marianne Jauncey, Medical Director at the Uniting Sydney Medically, Supervised Injecting Centre
2.30pm	Art and Voice: Co-design to foster empathy	Invited Speaker – Associate Professor Gabby Brand, Monash University
3pm	Measuring what matters: Co-designing an evaluation framework prototype with people with intellectual disabilities, parents, service providers and others	Dr Deb Debono, UTS
3.20pm	Seeing the links between empathy and embodied connectedness in co-design education research	Associate Professor Jo River, UTS and NSLHD
3.40pm	Understanding the sarcoma treatment journey from patients’ perspectives	Dr Deb Debono, UTS
4pm	Close of Symposium	Distinguished Professor Tracy Levett-Jones, UTS

4.10pm – AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING

Posters
And so it begins – The routine integration of self-compassion and empathy training for new graduate nurses	Dr Toni Lindsay, Melinda Grimson and Catherine Lambert, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
Different forms of engagement: The role of empathy in telehealth and phone consultations	Carolyn Cousins, Director, ‘Tuned In Consulting’, Convenor of the Clinical Division of the Australian College of Social Work
Art and Empathy in Nursing: Love and Loss	Aimee Lamb, WSU and Tracy Levett-Jones, UTS
Aunty Fay Carroll Program – Indigenous Career Pathways	Annie Fraser, St Vincent’s Health Network, Sydney
The Impact of Empathy on Neonatal Nurses’ Professional Quality of Life	Patricia Lowe, Dr Samantha Jakimowicz, Tracy Levett- Jones, UTS