Medical Students' Reflections on Their Experiences in a Trauma Chaplain Shadowing Program.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care
; 40(10): 1124-1131, 2023 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
The importance of spirituality in patient care is well recognized and efforts to develop educational opportunities to improve medical students' competency in spirituality and health are ongoing. In this regard, shadowing of healthcare chaplains has emerged as an experiential approach for providing exposure to and instruction in issues of spirituality in the patient experience and in patient care. Recently published data suggest that a 6-8 hour experience of shadowing a trauma chaplain is effective at introducing first-year medical students to healthcare chaplaincy, difficult spiritual conversations with patients and families, and interprofessional collaboration. As a follow-up to these data, this study provides a qualitative analysis of student reflections written immediately after their shadowing experience with the goal of further characterizing the educational impact of trauma chaplain shadowing. Qualitative analysis of 90 anonymous, student reflections indicated that trauma chaplain shadowing was an experience that provided insights about nature of chaplaincy, enabled opportunities to closely observe the relational skills of chaplains, allowed students to bear witness to suffering, fostered growth toward a professional identity, and facilitated recognition of shortcomings in medical education and clinical medicine. These data therefore provide further evidence of the value of chaplain shadowing in not only enhancing students' understanding of various dimensions of spirituality and medicine but also in promoting their development of a strong physician identity.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cuidado Pastoral
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Estudiantes de Medicina
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Educación Médica
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Am J Hosp Palliat Care
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos