TY - JOUR
T1 - A Descriptive Study of a Spirituality Curriculum for General Psychiatry Residents
AU - McGovern, Thomas F.
AU - McMahon, Terry
AU - Nelson, Jessica
AU - Bundoc-Baronia, Regina
AU - Giles, Chuck
AU - Schmidt, Vanessa
N1 - Funding Information:
Curriculum funding was received from GWISH (The George Washington Institute for Spirituality & Health) Spirituality and Medicine Awards, sponsored by the John Templeton foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Academic Psychiatry.
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - Objective: The study collected data on the attitudes of residents toward religion and spirituality in their practice after taking part in a 3-year curriculum on spirituality during their residency. Methods: This is a descriptive, single-site study with psychiatry residents as subjects. A questionnaire was given to the residents at the end of their third year of residency (N = 12). Results: The responses heavily endorsed the religiousness/spirituality curriculum to be helpful and meaningful. Residents consider addressing spiritual and religious needs of patients to be important (76.9%) and appropriate. For majority of the residents (69.2%), there is strong agreement in the management of addictions having spiritual dimensions. Residents also strongly agreed that treatment of suffering, depression, guilt, and complicated grief may require attention to spiritual concerns (92-100%). Conclusion: Regardless of cultural or religious background, the residents endorsed the curriculum as a worthwhile experience and increased their appreciation of the place of spirituality in the holistic care of patients with psychiatric conditions.
AB - Objective: The study collected data on the attitudes of residents toward religion and spirituality in their practice after taking part in a 3-year curriculum on spirituality during their residency. Methods: This is a descriptive, single-site study with psychiatry residents as subjects. A questionnaire was given to the residents at the end of their third year of residency (N = 12). Results: The responses heavily endorsed the religiousness/spirituality curriculum to be helpful and meaningful. Residents consider addressing spiritual and religious needs of patients to be important (76.9%) and appropriate. For majority of the residents (69.2%), there is strong agreement in the management of addictions having spiritual dimensions. Residents also strongly agreed that treatment of suffering, depression, guilt, and complicated grief may require attention to spiritual concerns (92-100%). Conclusion: Regardless of cultural or religious background, the residents endorsed the curriculum as a worthwhile experience and increased their appreciation of the place of spirituality in the holistic care of patients with psychiatric conditions.
KW - Professional development
KW - Resident: cross-cultural psychiatry
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U2 - 10.1007/s40596-017-0687-3
DO - 10.1007/s40596-017-0687-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 28265891
AN - SCOPUS:85024090579
SN - 1042-9670
VL - 41
SP - 471
EP - 476
JO - Academic Psychiatry
JF - Academic Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -