Fostering empathy through Experience: Assessing the outcomes of the Family Adoption Program (FAP) among indian medical graduates

IF 1.7 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.cegh.2025.102112

Priyanka Gupta, Nandini Sharma, Deepanshi Saxena

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Abstract

Introduction

The Family Adoption Program (FAP) is integrated into India's Competency-Based Medical Education to enhance medical students' understanding of community health by assigning them to adopt families, thereby fostering empathy and improving patient care. Thus, the study aimed to assess and evaluate its outcomes among medical students and its impact on adopted families.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted involving medical students and their adopted families in FAP in Gurugram, Haryana. Data were collected through structured questionnaires focusing on the program's influence on both the students and their adopted families. The university priority health card was issued to all adopted families. Descriptive analysis was done using SPSS v. 28 software.

Results

In this study, 123 students and 369 adopted families were included. The majority, (115, 93.5 %) of students reported enhanced communication skills. Most 93.8 % of the adopted families considered FAP as a good initiative. A total of 321 (87 %) families appreciated university priority health cards with the benefits of free services.

Conclusion

FAP significantly benefits medical students by enriching their educational experience and fostering empathy. Concurrently, it positively impacts adopted families by improving their health awareness and access to care, highlighting the program's dual advantage in medical education and community health. Since the study was conducted over a brief period without extended follow-up, it was not possible to evaluate the long-term benefits for students and families.

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通过经验培养同理心：评估印度医学毕业生家庭收养计划（FAP）的结果

家庭收养计划（FAP）被纳入印度的能力为基础的医学教育，通过分配给医学生收养家庭，从而提高他们对社区卫生的理解，从而培养同情和改善病人护理。因此，本研究旨在评估和评估其在医学生中的结果及其对收养家庭的影响。方法对哈里亚纳邦古鲁格拉姆地区医学生及其收养家庭进行横断面调查。通过结构化的问卷调查收集数据，重点关注该计划对学生及其收养家庭的影响。向所有收养家庭发放了大学优先保健卡。描述性分析采用SPSS v. 28软件。结果本研究共纳入123名学生和369个收养家庭。大多数（115,93.5%）的学生报告说，他们的沟通技巧得到了提高。93.8%的被收养家庭认为FAP是一项很好的举措。共有321个（87%）家庭对享有免费服务的大学优先保健卡表示赞赏。结论fap能丰富医学生的教育经历，培养医学生的共情能力。同时，它通过提高被收养家庭的健康意识和获得护理的机会，对他们产生积极影响，突出了该方案在医学教育和社区卫生方面的双重优势。由于这项研究只进行了很短的一段时间，没有长期的随访，因此不可能评估对学生和家庭的长期好处。

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Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

4.60

自引率

7.70%

发文量

218

审稿时长

66 days

期刊介绍： Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (CEGH) is a multidisciplinary journal and it is published four times (March, June, September, December) a year. The mandate of CEGH is to promote articles on clinical epidemiology with focus on developing countries in the context of global health. We also accept articles from other countries. It publishes original research work across all disciplines of medicine and allied sciences, related to clinical epidemiology and global health. The journal publishes Original articles, Review articles, Evidence Summaries, Letters to the Editor. All articles published in CEGH are peer-reviewed and published online for immediate access and citation.