Collaboration for Compassion in Healthcare Education (C4CHEd) logo
Compassion can be and has been perceived as, an optional element of healthcare education yet compassion is also perceived as an essential component of humane and efficient healthcare.
The Collaboration for Compassion in Healthcare Education (C4CHEd) aims to look at how this disconnect might be addressed and how the recent increase in research and interest in compassionate practice education can be consolidated, disseminated and amplified for greater impact.
If are interested in joining this group please complete our
You can also contact c4ched@plymouth.ac.uk with any questions.
Our 2024 events include quarterly meetings for members and our annual conference:
  • Wednesday 12 June, 16:00
  • Wednesday 18 September, 08:30
  • Wednesday 11 December, 10:00–16:30 (annual conference)
Conferences
5th Annual Compassion in Healthcare Education Conference 2024
4th Annual Compassion in Healthcare Education Conference 2023
3rd Annual Compassion in Healthcare Education Conference 2022
Learn more about the conference
Collaboration for Compassion in Healthcare Education 2021
The Inaugural Compassion in Healthcare Education Conference 2020
A virtual conference held by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ in December 2020 was the first step in starting to share Sarah Tobin’s work along with that of a number of more established researchers and academics who all aim to promote and champion the concept of compassionate practice and education. The patient’s voice was also heard loudly and clearly at the conference and it was abundantly clear the impact of compassionate care on the individual.
The conference provided the opportunity to canvas interest in forming a group – the enthusiasm was evident as was the well-spring of experience, ideas and current initiatives. The evidence that many people work to promote compassionate practice was very clear as was the understanding that the impact could be even greater if resources and ideas were pooled and shared – the Collaboration for Compassion in Healthcare Education was born.
Meetings
Please note recordings of previous meetings are currently only accessible to ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ staff. We are working on accessible versions for our wider community.
 
 

Our members

Our members represent a diversity of medical, health and care professionals, researchers and academics from across the UK and beyond.
Take a look at our membership page .
 

Become a part of our community and benefit from:
  • an invitation to join our workspace on FutureNHS to share resources and bounce ideas around
  • quarterly meetings
  • newsletters
  • early notification to annual conference.
Membership is free, simply complete our
Two concentric circle of diverse friends.