Jeremy Howick

#Behaviour, #placebo & #empathy researcher | How #screen time shapes #health & technology use | #Professor | #Speaker

[Jeremy Howick @JeremyHowick]

Can empathy improve patient safety, staff wellbeing and financial performance?

Our new study suggests it might do just that.

NHS trusts with higher levels of "system empathy" had better patient safety ratings, lower staff burnout, and spent less on agency staff.

Please share, thank you!
Paper:
https://t.co/595ncHXHmU
@Empathy_Centre @OxEmCare @UniofLeicester @LeMedSchool @NIHRresearch @NIHRARCs @ARC_EM @UCSDCompassion @SIPSplacebo
#DoctorYou #Empathy #Empathic #compassion #communication #evidencebasedmedicine #medicalhumanities #curriculum

[Jeremy Howick @JeremyHowick]

EMPATHY FOR OUR PLANET AND OUR PETS

Looking forward to the Empathy & Compassion in One Health Conference (@RoyalDickVet, Edinburgh, 28–29 Sept 2026), exploring empathy and compassion across human, animal, and environmental health.

Details & registration:
https://t.co/MjkUaMw1th

Please share thank you!

@Empathy_Centre @OxEmCare @UniofLeicester @LeMedSchool @UCSDCompassion @NIHRresearch @NIHRARCs @SIPSplacebo
#Empathy #Empathic #medicalhumanities #placebo #compassion #medicalschool #communication #evidencebasedmedicine #students #curriculum

[Jeremy Howick @JeremyHowick]

Delighted that two of our papers in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice ranked among the journal’s top 10% most-viewed papers published in 2024.

📄 Beyond empathy training for practitioners: Cultivating empathic healthcare systems and leadership
https://t.co/TcCZLk9zc7
📄 Towards an empathic hidden curriculum in medical school: A roadmap
https://t.co/k2LYDNGmew
@Empathy_Centre @OxEmCare @UniofLeicester @LeMedSchool @NIHRresearch @NIHRARCs @UCSDCompassion
#DanielSlavin #SimonGay #FionaMiall #SteveEnnion #ChandraOhri #paquitadezulueta @muirgray

@Simon

[Jeremy Howick @JeremyHowick]

I’m deeply honoured to receive the Sir Paul Curran Award from @ConversationUK for communicating academic research to the public. https://t.co/2fPXZRo3Ap

I’ve written for The Conversation for more than 10 years, and it has become an important part of my life’s work.
I believe public communication is part of the job of being an academic:
1️⃣ The public often funds our research — people deserve to know what they’re paying for.
2️⃣ Research should improve lives, not just sit in journals.
At the @Empathy_Centre and previously the Oxford Empathy Programme, we’ve worked to ensure healthcare includes a dose of empathy — and growing evidence suggests this can genuinely improve lives.
Huge thanks to the brilliant editors, especially Clint Witchalls and Stephen Khan.

Humbled, grateful, and inspired to keep communicating research that matters.
#Empathy #Healthcare #EvidenceBasedMedicine #Communication #AcademicTwitter

[Jeremy Howick @JeremyHowick]

@leicsparta @Empathy_Centre @ConversationUK @AndrewJaspan Thank you, Julian!

[Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare @Empathy_Centre]

📰 NEWS: Congratulations to our director, Professor Jeremy Howick, who has been awarded the prestigious Sir Paul Curran Award by The Conversation for excellence in communicating academic research to a global public audience 👏

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[Jeremy Howick @JeremyHowick]

Thank you Wiley for sharing news that one of our papers has been widely cited.

Paper "Towards an empathic hidden curriculum in medical school: A roadmap" written with excellent colleagues @DrDSlavin #SueCarr #FionaMiall @ChandraOhri #SteveEnnion and #SimonGay

Here is a link to the freely accessible paper : https://t.co/6BHJInDvOJ

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Hockey is tied to religion (and politics) in Montreal. Hard not to care.

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GO HABS GO! LE CH DOIT BATTRE TAMPA BAY!

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@willawells @Empathy_Centre Thank you, Will!

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👉 New paper: heuristics for #Empathic #Leadership
Healthcare trained compassion for 15+ years. Failures persist.

Root cause? 📷 Leaders not listening

Based on @BentFlyvbjerg's excellent work in project management and leadership, we tried something simpler: 📷 No theory, no slogans 📷 Tools for real decisions Because: simple rules > complex systems Now we test: do they improve outcomes? 📷https://t.co/1Vuq5DiHoK Comments welcome and kindly share
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[Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare @Empathy_Centre]

Don't miss out on our free 1-hour webinar on Empathic Leadership: From Understanding to Action, designed for healthcare leaders, practitioners, educators and students.

📅 Thu 7 May 2026
⏰ 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM BST

Book now 👉https://t.co/fR2c8w4TTS

#empathy #healthcare

[University of Leicester @uniofleicester]

News | Researchers develop first practical rules for empathic leadership in healthcare - and a course to teach them

👉 https://t.co/kKQtFblKf8

#CitizensOfChange | @jeremyhowick| @Empathy_Centre

[Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare @Empathy_Centre]

More than 150 University of Leicester staff members were nominated for our Empathy Champions scheme by students during our first Empathy Fortnight 🙌

Nearly 30 nominees have been selected as champions for exemplifying what #empathy in #highereducation should look like.

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@a_bennettweston Very useful and efficient: I can complete it in under 30 seconds.

[Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare @Empathy_Centre]

Would banning under-16s from social media protect their mental health?

It’s a popular idea and it's being proposed in the UK. But it might miss the real problem.

👉 A new article by Professor @JeremyHowick of the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare explains why.

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Fascinating Conversation article from Professor Jeremy Howick on why banning teens from social media may not address all the issues @JeremyHowick

👉https://t.co/5uS8DEOeJf

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SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR UNDER-16s?
It sounds decisive. But does it solve the problem?
My new @ConversationUK article argues the harms of #socialmedia can’t be separated from #smartphones 👇
https://t.co/YYsATh9kMc
With US courts now holding platforms accountable, are bans missing the point? @SFC_UK @MollyRoseFdn
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[Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare @Empathy_Centre]

❓DYK we're running an Evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare practitioners course?

It will help healthcare professionals and trainees to:

⭐️ Deepen #empathy skills
⭐️ Reduce burnout and improve wellbeing
⭐️ Improve patient outcomes

🔗 https://t.co/vFAWHWJ36t

[Taylor & Francis @WeAreTandF]

"When patients are treated as partners, rather than consultees, curriculum development becomes more grounded, credible and better aligned with the needs of patients and the public."

https://t.co/Z3yYgJ6zXj

#HigherEd #CoProduction #PatientCenteredCare

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I don’t know how many jumps he made that day, but I can guarantee you he got as much sunshine and exercise as some kids will get all year in 2026 …