Exploring the Spiritual/Religious Dimension of Patients: A Timely Opportunity for Personal and Professional Reflection for Graduating Medical Students

Teaching about spirituality in medical school training is lacking. Spirituality is a dimension of humanity that can put experiences of health and illness into a meaningful context. Medical students might benefit from understanding how spirituality is an important element in learning to care for pati...

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VerfasserInnen: McEvoy, Mimi (VerfasserIn) ; Alderman, Elizabeth (VerfasserIn) ; Gorski, Victoria (VerfasserIn) ; Swiderski, Deborah (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2013]
In: Journal of religion and health
Jahr: 2013, Band: 52, Heft: 4, Seiten: 1066-1072
weitere Schlagwörter:B Spirituality
B Religion
B Medical Education
B Reflection
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Zusammenfassung:Teaching about spirituality in medical school training is lacking. Spirituality is a dimension of humanity that can put experiences of health and illness into a meaningful context. Medical students might benefit from understanding how spirituality is an important element in learning to care for patients. Spirituality also provides a context for medical students to explore their own motivations for doctoring. This article describes a longitudinal senior elective course at the end of their medical school training to delve into matters of religion/spirituality surrounding patient care. The authors pose their own perspectives on what both students and faculty gained from the experience.
ISSN:1573-6571
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-013-9716-z