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Spirituality as a sociocultural determinant of health in the context of medical curriculum: A call for action
Background: This study aimed to investigate the state of spirituality in the general medicine curricula in Iran. Methods: Reference books for general medicine were reviewed and data were analyzed according to the qualitative content analysis method. Results: After reviewing references, it was found...
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Iran University of Medical Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7139262/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32284930 http://dx.doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.34.6 |
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author | Seddigh, Ruohollah Azarnik, Somayeh Memaryan, Nadereh Hadi, Fatemeh |
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description | Background: This study aimed to investigate the state of spirituality in the general medicine curricula in Iran. Methods: Reference books for general medicine were reviewed and data were analyzed according to the qualitative content analysis method. Results: After reviewing references, it was found that only 35 paragraphs of the educational reference pages dealt with this subject. Related topics to spirituality had 2 major themes: (a) spirituality and care (assessment, treatment, palliative care, and bereavement); (b) spirituality and professionalism (considering culture and medical ethics). Conclusion: This study showed that despite the importance of the subject and much evidence on spirituality and medicine, medical references have limitations. The authors suggested some strategies to develop a specific course and integrate all educational references with the objectives of the general medical education course in Iran. |
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spelling | pubmed-71392622020-04-13 Spirituality as a sociocultural determinant of health in the context of medical curriculum: A call for action Seddigh, Ruohollah Azarnik, Somayeh Memaryan, Nadereh Hadi, Fatemeh Med J Islam Repub Iran Original Article Background: This study aimed to investigate the state of spirituality in the general medicine curricula in Iran. Methods: Reference books for general medicine were reviewed and data were analyzed according to the qualitative content analysis method. Results: After reviewing references, it was found that only 35 paragraphs of the educational reference pages dealt with this subject. Related topics to spirituality had 2 major themes: (a) spirituality and care (assessment, treatment, palliative care, and bereavement); (b) spirituality and professionalism (considering culture and medical ethics). Conclusion: This study showed that despite the importance of the subject and much evidence on spirituality and medicine, medical references have limitations. The authors suggested some strategies to develop a specific course and integrate all educational references with the objectives of the general medical education course in Iran. Iran University of Medical Sciences 2020-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7139262/ /pubmed/32284930 http://dx.doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.34.6 Text en © 2020 Iran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Seddigh, Ruohollah Azarnik, Somayeh Memaryan, Nadereh Hadi, Fatemeh Spirituality as a sociocultural determinant of health in the context of medical curriculum: A call for action |
title | Spirituality as a sociocultural determinant of health in the context of medical curriculum: A call for action |
title_full | Spirituality as a sociocultural determinant of health in the context of medical curriculum: A call for action |
title_fullStr | Spirituality as a sociocultural determinant of health in the context of medical curriculum: A call for action |
title_full_unstemmed | Spirituality as a sociocultural determinant of health in the context of medical curriculum: A call for action |
title_short | Spirituality as a sociocultural determinant of health in the context of medical curriculum: A call for action |
title_sort | spirituality as a sociocultural determinant of health in the context of medical curriculum: a call for action |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7139262/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32284930 http://dx.doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.34.6 |
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