Implementing quality improvement efforts in spiritual care: outcomes from the interprofessional spiritual care education curriculum

Puchalski, Christina M.; Ferrell, Betty; Borneman, Tami; Remein, Christy DiFrances; Haythorn, Trace; Jacobs, Carolyn

doi:10.1080/08854726.2021.1917168

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“…Spiritual care pioneer and leader Dr Puchaiski and her team had previously developed the Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum (ISPEC © ) which could be integrated to all clinical settings and disseminated internationally with local adaptations; initial evaluations have demonstrated its effectiveness and improved clinicians' confidence levels to manage spiritual care with interprofessional approach. 8,9 For simple spiritual issues, primary physicians who elicit the initial spiritual history can provide empathetic presence and allow patients to tell their story and explore meanings. In this process of exploration, and with the support of a compassionate clinician, patients might come to some acceptance and peace.…”

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“…Spiritual care is a shared responsibility of the whole interdisciplinary care team caring for the patient and a generalist‐specialist model of care should be adopted when attempting to intervene spiritual distress. Spiritual care pioneer and leader Dr Puchaiski and her team had previously developed the Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum (ISPEC © ) which could be integrated to all clinical settings and disseminated internationally with local adaptations; initial evaluations have demonstrated its effectiveness and improved clinicians' confidence levels to manage spiritual care with interprofessional approach 8,9 . For simple spiritual issues, primary physicians who elicit the initial spiritual history can provide empathetic presence and allow patients to tell their story and explore meanings.…”

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The role of spiritual support in palliative care—A case illustration

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Cheah,

Tan

et al. 2024

Psycho-Oncology

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Key points Spiritual care is an important component of palliative care. Timely and comprehensive spiritual care can lead to improved patient care outcomes including pain relief and reduced opioid use in palliative care patients. Local religious and cultural factors need to be considered when providing spiritual care and developing services. The introduction and integration of current spiritual care education and quality frameworks into current curricula and practice is essential for the development of the field. A generalist‐specialist approach to spiritual care may improve both efficacy and scalability of services.

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The role of spiritual support in palliative care—A case illustration

Zhou,

Cheah,

Tan

et al. 2024

Psycho-Oncology

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“…Training courses for people in caregiving professions, such as physicians, nurses, midwives, psychologists, pedagogists, teachers, chaplains and other helpers, focus on improvement in skills, an outcome which requires evaluation (Cortés-Rodríguez et al, 2022 ; Moore et al, 2018 ; Puchalski et al, 2021 ). As our university was the first in Poland to introduce spirituality into the medical curriculum, we wanted to develop a scale to assess the outcomes of this programme.…”

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The Spiritual Supporter Scale as a New Tool for Assessing Spiritual Care Competencies in Professionals: Design, Validation, and Psychometric Evaluation

2022

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This study aimed to design, validate and standardize the Spiritual Supporter (SpSup) Scale, a tool designed to assess competency to provide spiritual care including knowledge, sensitivity to spiritual needs and spiritual support skills. This instrument can be used by all those engaged in or training for caregiving roles. The study was conducted in Poland in the Polish language. The SpSup Scale demonstrates high overall reliability (Cronbach’s α = 0.88), a satisfactory diagnostic accuracy (0.79), and a satisfactory discriminatory power of the items. Given the psychometric properties of SpSup Scale demonstrated here, the scale is recommended for the assessment of the competency to provide spiritual care in both clinical and research settings in Poland.

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“…Evidence supports and demonstrates that spirituality is a critical component of patient and family care at the end of life, yet providers are not fully prepared to deliver spiritual care. Advancement in spiritual care at the end of life should begin with structured educational content and experiences for future health care providers 7-9 …”

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“…Advancement in spiritual care at the end of life should begin with structured educational content and experiences for future health care providers. [7][8][9] Spiritual uncertainty among providers includes questions, worries, and doubts people have about the meaning, beliefs, connections, self-transcendence, and value that comprise spirituality. Uncertainty about spirituality contributes to the discomfort in delivering this type of care.…”

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Reflective Journaling as Preparation for Spiritual Care of Patients

Hansen

Stephenson

Lalani

et al. 2022

J Hosp Palliat Nurs

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Death is a human experience; however, an understanding of dying, grief, and loss continues to elude many cultures, even more elusive is the understanding of complicated grief for families and burnout for providers caring for the dying patient and their families. To prepare students taking care of dying patients and their families, the Catalyzing Relationships at the End of Life program included addressing perceptions of one's own death through journal reflection. The Catalyzing Relationships at the End of Life program utilized journals to ascertain student understanding of issues surrounding family communication at the end of life. Journal reflections were embedded in an online learning management system and utilized structured prompts as the journaling method. These prompts addressed what students desire for their own family relationships during their own death. Results from the qualitative descriptive analysis included 4 themes: meaning, beliefs, connections, and good death. Reflections about their own death were a powerful experience for student participants. Although questions about spirituality were not specifically asked, themes relating to spirituality emerged from the data.

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Implementing quality improvement efforts in spiritual care: outcomes from the interprofessional spiritual care education curriculum

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

The role of spiritual support in palliative care—A case illustration

The role of spiritual support in palliative care—A case illustration

The Spiritual Supporter Scale as a New Tool for Assessing Spiritual Care Competencies in Professionals: Design, Validation, and Psychometric Evaluation

Reflective Journaling as Preparation for Spiritual Care of Patients

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