An Online Survey of Australian Medical Students' Perspectives on Spiritual History Taking and Spiritual Care.

ABSTRACT: It is reported that little spiritual care communication skills training occurs in Australian medical schools. This survey explored the experience of final year students in this domain in order to inform the construction of a new curriculum. Medical students in their final year at four Australian medical schools were invited to participate in an online survey, which included questions about demographic details, exposure to spiritual history taking, perceived learning needs, and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-being 12 item Non-Illness score. Two-hundred and sixty students from a cohort of 766 responded (34%). One in nine students had witnessed spiritual history taking, and one in ten students had been given the opportunity to do so. Barriers and enablers

SUBMITTER: Wenham J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10861599 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature