Open Access<p>A Survey on the Integration of Spiritual Care in Medical Schools from the German-Speaking Faculties</p>
Author(s) -
Myriam Taverna,
Pascal O. Berberat,
Heribert Sattel,
Eckhard Frick
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advances in medical education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7258
DOI - 10.2147/amep.s224679
Subject(s) - curriculum , accreditation , medical education , german , spirituality , psychology , health care , medical school , medicine , pedagogy , political science , alternative medicine , archaeology , pathology , law , history
Teaching about spirituality and health is recommended by the American Association of Medical Colleges and partially implemented in some US medical schools as well as in some faculties of other countries. We systematically surveyed Medical School Associate Deans for Student Affairs (ADSAs) in three German-speaking countries, assessing both projects on and attitudes towards Spiritual Care (SC) and the extent to which it is addressed in undergraduate (UME), graduate (GME), and continuing (CME) medical education (in this article, UME is understood as the complete basic medical education equivalent to college and Medical School. GME refers to the time of residency).