Open AccessTraining General Practitioners and Medical Assistants Within the Framework of HoPES3, a Holistic Care Program for Elderly Patients to Integrate Spiritual Needs, Social Activity, and Self-Care into Disease Management in Primary Care
Author(s) -
Elke Kunsmann-Leutiger,
Cornelia Straßner,
Friederike Schalhorn,
Regina Stolz,
Gabriele Stotz-Ingenlath,
Nicola Buhlinger-Göpfarth,
Martina Bentner,
Stefanie Joos,
Jan Valentini,
Eckhard Frick
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s312778
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , medicine , nursing , curriculum , spirituality , medical education , primary care , psychology , alternative medicine , family medicine , pedagogy , pathology
This study presents a concept for training general practitioners (GPs) in taking a spiritual history. In the same workshop, medical assistants (MAs) were trained in counselling elderly, chronically ill patients on social activities and home remedies. After the training, GPs and MAs will apply the acquired skills in their practices within the scope of the HoPES3 intervention study, which aims at raising patients' self-efficacy.