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The current status of “spirituality and health” teaching in Brazilian medical schools: a nationwide survey

BACKGROUND: Recent data on the teaching of “spirituality and health” (S/H) in medical schools are needed. In this study, we aimed to investigate the current status of S/H teaching in Brazilian medical schools, the opinions of medical directors/deans on this topic and the factors associated with its...

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Autores principales: Lucchetti, Giancarlo, de Araujo Almeida, Paulo Othavio, Martin, Elena Zuliani, Góes, Leonardo Garcia, Cotta, Keylla Cássia Gomes, Lima, Andressa Correia, da Silva Ezequiel, Oscarina, Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10029158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36941618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04153-z
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author Lucchetti, Giancarlo
de Araujo Almeida, Paulo Othavio
Martin, Elena Zuliani
Góes, Leonardo Garcia
Cotta, Keylla Cássia Gomes
Lima, Andressa Correia
da Silva Ezequiel, Oscarina
Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero
author_facet Lucchetti, Giancarlo
de Araujo Almeida, Paulo Othavio
Martin, Elena Zuliani
Góes, Leonardo Garcia
Cotta, Keylla Cássia Gomes
Lima, Andressa Correia
da Silva Ezequiel, Oscarina
Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero
author_sort Lucchetti, Giancarlo
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description BACKGROUND: Recent data on the teaching of “spirituality and health” (S/H) in medical schools are needed. In this study, we aimed to investigate the current status of S/H teaching in Brazilian medical schools, the opinions of medical directors/deans on this topic and the factors associated with its incorporation into the curriculum. METHODS: A nationwide cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2021. Information concerning the S/H content in the curricula of medical schools was obtained through medical school representatives and other sources. Medical school representatives were asked about their opinions of and barriers to S/H teaching. Regression models were used to evaluate the factors associated with the incorporation of such content into the curriculum. RESULTS: Information on the incorporation of S/H content in medical curricula was retrieved from different sources for all 342 (100%) Brazilian medical schools. Among the representatives, 150 (43.9%) completed the online form. An increase in the S/H content in Brazilian medical schools was observed (from 40% to 2011 to 65.5% in 2021). Most medical school representatives agreed that this issue is important in medical training and that more space in the curriculum is needed. However, they also observed several barriers, such as a lack of knowledge of medical teachers/faculty, a lack of time, and the topic not being included in teaching plans. The most important factors that influenced the incorporation of S/H teaching in medical schools and representatives’ opinions were a lack of time and knowledge, professor preparedness and standardized national competency requirements. CONCLUSION: These results could help medical educators rethink the incorporation of S/H content into their curricula. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12909-023-04153-z.
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spelling pubmed-100291582023-03-22 The current status of “spirituality and health” teaching in Brazilian medical schools: a nationwide survey Lucchetti, Giancarlo de Araujo Almeida, Paulo Othavio Martin, Elena Zuliani Góes, Leonardo Garcia Cotta, Keylla Cássia Gomes Lima, Andressa Correia da Silva Ezequiel, Oscarina Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero BMC Med Educ Research BACKGROUND: Recent data on the teaching of “spirituality and health” (S/H) in medical schools are needed. In this study, we aimed to investigate the current status of S/H teaching in Brazilian medical schools, the opinions of medical directors/deans on this topic and the factors associated with its incorporation into the curriculum. METHODS: A nationwide cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2021. Information concerning the S/H content in the curricula of medical schools was obtained through medical school representatives and other sources. Medical school representatives were asked about their opinions of and barriers to S/H teaching. Regression models were used to evaluate the factors associated with the incorporation of such content into the curriculum. RESULTS: Information on the incorporation of S/H content in medical curricula was retrieved from different sources for all 342 (100%) Brazilian medical schools. Among the representatives, 150 (43.9%) completed the online form. An increase in the S/H content in Brazilian medical schools was observed (from 40% to 2011 to 65.5% in 2021). Most medical school representatives agreed that this issue is important in medical training and that more space in the curriculum is needed. However, they also observed several barriers, such as a lack of knowledge of medical teachers/faculty, a lack of time, and the topic not being included in teaching plans. The most important factors that influenced the incorporation of S/H teaching in medical schools and representatives’ opinions were a lack of time and knowledge, professor preparedness and standardized national competency requirements. CONCLUSION: These results could help medical educators rethink the incorporation of S/H content into their curricula. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12909-023-04153-z. BioMed Central 2023-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10029158/ /pubmed/36941618 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04153-z Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Lucchetti, Giancarlo
de Araujo Almeida, Paulo Othavio
Martin, Elena Zuliani
Góes, Leonardo Garcia
Cotta, Keylla Cássia Gomes
Lima, Andressa Correia
da Silva Ezequiel, Oscarina
Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero
The current status of “spirituality and health” teaching in Brazilian medical schools: a nationwide survey
title The current status of “spirituality and health” teaching in Brazilian medical schools: a nationwide survey
title_full The current status of “spirituality and health” teaching in Brazilian medical schools: a nationwide survey
title_fullStr The current status of “spirituality and health” teaching in Brazilian medical schools: a nationwide survey
title_full_unstemmed The current status of “spirituality and health” teaching in Brazilian medical schools: a nationwide survey
title_short The current status of “spirituality and health” teaching in Brazilian medical schools: a nationwide survey
title_sort current status of “spirituality and health” teaching in brazilian medical schools: a nationwide survey
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10029158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36941618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04153-z
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