A meaning-centered spiritual care training program for hospice palliative care teams in South Korea: development and preliminary evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spirituality is a fundamental, intrinsic aspect of human beings and should be a core component of quality palliative care. There is an urgent need to train hospice palliative care teams (HPCTs) to enhance their ability to provide spiritual care. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a meaning-centered, spiritual care training program (McSCTP) for HPCTs (McSCTP-HPCTs).

Methods

The modules' content was informed by Viktor Frankl's meaning-centered logotherapy with its emphasis on spiritual resources, as well as the spiritual care model of the Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum (ISPEC). Following development, we conducted a pilot test with four nurses. We used the results to inform the final program, which we tested in an intervention involving 1

SUBMITTER: Kang KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7871309 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature