Neuroimaging studies show that the functional connectivity of the brain changes with age. Resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) in the brain appears to decrease with aging in key networks associated with higher order thinking and effective emotional regulation. Interventions that potentially preserversFC in the brain include 1) physical activity and 2) contemplative practice commonly...
Compassion training (CT) has been used in medical education to enhance patient care and decrease provider burnout. A growing number of institutions incorporate humanistic practices into anatomy classes; however, there is no report of CT ever being incorporated. The authors hypothesized that implementing CT during a pre-clinical anatomy course, a program called Compassionatomy, would help...