Spirituality: do teachers and students hold the same opinion?

Banin, Luciana Burgugi; Suzart, Nadielle Brandani; Banin, Vanessa Burgugi; Guimarães, Fernando Garcia; Mariotti, Luis Langoni; Lucchetti, Giancarlo

doi:10.1111/j.1743-498x.2012.00576.x

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“…Other studies have reported similar findings among practicing physicians [11,22-25], medical school faculty [12], and medical students in other settings [15]. …”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

“…With regards to medical students, Banin et al [15] found that most MS believed that spirituality had an impact on patient’s health, but again few students felt prepared to address spiritual issues in clinical practice.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In order to become a medical doctor, students must complete a full-time program consisting of six years. This includes four years focusing pre-clinical and clinical subjects and two years focusing internship practices at a University Hospital, in which the students work under supervision of residents and staff physicians [15,18]. …”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Participants completed a self-administered, multiple choice 43-item questionnaire, which was adapted and expanded from other pilot studies carried out in Brazil [12,15,19] and collected the following information:…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many medical students, in contrast, believe that S/R issues have an impact on patients’ health, want to address this issue in their practice, and believe that S/R should be included in the medical curriculum [14,15]. However, many complain that they have not been prepared during their medical training to do so.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Medical students, spirituality and religiosity-results from the multicenter study SBRAME

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BackgroundTo evaluate the relationship between spirituality/religiosity (S/R) and the attitudes, beliefs and experiences of medical students in Brazil with respect to S/R in their undergraduate training and clinical practice.MethodsSBRAME (Spirituality and Brazilian Medical Education) is a multicenter study involving 12 Brazilian medical schools with 5950 medical students (MS). Participants completed a questionnaire that collected information on socio-demographic data and S/R in their undergraduate training and practice.ResultsOf all MS, 3630 participated in the survey (61.0%). The sample was 53.8% women and the mean age was 22.5 years. The majority of MS believed that spirituality has an impact on patients’ health (71.2%) and that this impact was positive (68.2%). The majority also wanted to address S/R in their clinical practice (58.0%) and considered it relevant (75.3%), although nearly one-half (48.7%) felt unprepared to do so. Concerning their training, most MS reported that they had never participated in a “spirituality and health” activity (81.0%) and that their medical instructors had never or rarely addressed this issue (78.3%). The majority also believed that they should be prepared to address spiritual issues related to the health of their patients (61.6%) and that this content should be included in the medical curriculum (62.6%).ConclusionThere is a large gap between MS attitudes and expectations and the S/R training that they are receiving during their undergraduate training. The majority of MS surveyed believe that patients should have their beliefs addressed and that these beliefs could have important effects on their health and the doctor-patient relationship. These results should stimulate discussion about the place that S/R training should have in the medical curriculum.

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“…Other studies have reported similar findings among practicing physicians [11,22-25], medical school faculty [12], and medical students in other settings [15]. …”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%