This thesis aims to explore factors which enhance clinical skills acquisition in undergraduate he... more This thesis aims to explore factors which enhance clinical skills acquisition in undergraduate healthcare education in the disciplines of Medicine, Paramedicine and Pharmacy at the University of Tasmania, Australia. This is achieved through an exploration of relevant gifted education pedagogy. The local and national healthcare context provides the platform for tertiary education across these disciplines. Within this, students from the University of Tasmania develop clinical skills which align theoretical, biologically-based knowledge and diagnostic skills with communication and interpersonal skills. This thesis presents a rationale for identifying such students as academically gifted learners, which intrinsically ties gifted education pedagogy to undergraduate healthcare study. Through a phenomenological, mixed-methods approach this thesis investigates empathic responding, academic self-concept, and the Big Fish Little Pond Effect in the target cohort. Results of the study suggest t...
Kazimierz Dąbrowski's five-level theory of personality development, the Theory of Positive Disint... more Kazimierz Dąbrowski's five-level theory of personality development, the Theory of Positive Disintegration, is one in which the experience of all emotions is essential for the process of individual growth toward the personality ideal. In this article, we synthesize Dąbrowski's conception of syntony and the development of empathy. We discuss the genesis of empathy within the lower levels of human personality development and visually demonstrate the multilevelness of the development of empathy through a diagrammatic representation of syntonic and empathic responses with examples of these traits mapped to the varying levels of development within Dąbrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration.
Dąbrowski's theory of positive disintegration is an emotion-centered, nonontogenetic, five-level ... more Dąbrowski's theory of positive disintegration is an emotion-centered, nonontogenetic, five-level theory of personality development where the experience of all emotions is essential for the process of growth. In this article, we examine the complexities of the three factors of development, which are essential to the notion of development within the theory of positive disintegration. We elaborate on the relationships between these factors, depict the processes and interactions in a new graphical framework, provide associated explanations, and support these by additional references to Dąbrowski's original writings.
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