Competence of Medical Students and Residents in Psychiatry regarding Spirituality, at a South African School of Clinical Medicine

Rensburg, Bernard Janse van; Szabo, Christopher Paul; Poggenpoel, Marie; Myburgh, Chris

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“…This also suggests that occupational therapists may need to have continuous professional development and workshops in relation to spirituality in order to understand clients' spiritual needs. These findings support the studies which reported that occupational therapy professionals and other healthcare professionals need to be aware of the clients' spiritual needs in order to refer the client to the relevant members of the interdisciplinary team 7,15,29,30,31 . Factor 4 (Clients' spiritual needs) had two variables related to spirituality which involve clients' and clinician responsibilities.…”

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“…Therefore, numerous studies in occupational therapy suggested that both students and clinicians should be provided with an opportunity to explore and experience their own spirituality as part of self-awareness and self-reflection in the occupational therapy education and practice 5,13,14 . South Africa is a spiritually diversified country 7,15 . Therefore, health care professionals need to be aware of, sensitive to and competent in understanding their clients'diverse spiritual needs.…”

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An exploratory factor analysis into the applicability of the Spirituality Care-Giving Scale, the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and the Spirituality in Occupational Therapy Scale to the South African context

Mthembu

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Wegner

2016

S. Afr. j. occup. ther

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INTRODUCTIONFactor analysis forms part of the statistical methods which play an important role in reducing data through assessing and identifying simple patterns of relationships between variables within a measurement 1,2,3 . According to Kayastha et al. 2 and Venkaiah, et al. 3 , factor analysis attempts to ascertain whether observed variables can be explained in a smaller proportion of variables clustered in a set of measurements, which are then labelled as factors. Beavers et al. 1 recommended that for the purpose of factor analysis -researchers should allow for a sufficient sample size, consider the difference between component analysis and common factor analysis as well as rotation of initial factor pattern matrix. Therefore, the role of factor analysis can be better understood when considering the need for spirituality and its importance and relevance to occupational therapy. Spirituality in occupational therapyOccupational therapy is a profession that considers holistic and patient-centred approaches in order to provide effective intervention to clients 4 . For instance, the holistic approach supports the occupational therapists' view of clients' needs as related to the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual spheres. However, most of the time the spiritual element of the holistic approach is neglected and not considered part of holism. Puchalski et al.5:646 defined spirituality as "a dynamic and intrinsic aspect of humanity through which persons seek ultimate meaning, purpose, and transcendence, ISSN On-line 2310-3833 Doi: http://dx.doi. org/10.17159/2310-3833/2016/v46n1a14 South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2016 46 (1): 74-82. An exploratory factor analysis into the applicability of the Spirituality Care-Giving Scale, the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and the Spirituality in Occupational Therapy Scale to the South African context and experience relationship to self, family, others, community, society, nature, and the significant or sacred. Spirituality is expressed through beliefs, values, traditions, and practices". Spirituality is thus an important aspect of holistic and patient-centred approaches in occupational therapy. This is also highlighted in the American Occupational Therapy Association's Occupational Therapy Practice Framework [OTPF] 6

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Section: Spirituality In Occupational Therapymentioning

confidence: 99%

An exploratory factor analysis into the applicability of the Spirituality Care-Giving Scale, the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and the Spirituality in Occupational Therapy Scale to the South African context

Mthembu

Roman

Wegner

2016

S. Afr. j. occup. ther

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“…[45] Themes from the literature content from this study included: (i) orientation in terms of spirituality and religion in psychiatry; (ii) reality of spirituality and religion for practitioners and users; (iii) routine assessment of spirituality and religion in psychiatry; (iv) training of spirituality in psychiatry; (v) scope and boundaries of spirituality in psychiatry; and (vi) referral and collaboration between psychiatrists and spiritual professionals. [45] At the same time as results on one of the other themes, 'training of spirituality in psychiatry' , were also reported elsewhere, [46] a model on the role of defined spirituality in local specialist psychiatric practice and training, derived from both the literature and interview content, was proposed. [47] The objective of this article is to describe in more detail the findings of our broader qualitative study with a focus on the sixth main theme identified: 'referral and collaboration on spirituality' between psychiatrists and spiritual advisers/workers.…”

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“…[44][45][46][47] In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted with a series of academic specialist psychiatrists affiliated to the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. [48] A purposive sample for the interviews was drawn from this group, who were all appointed to the Department of Psychiatry and who all held clinical positions at sites within the academic complexes serving the university.…”

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Referral and collaboration between South African psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers: Views from some psychiatrists

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Corresponding author: A B R Janse van Rensburg (bernardj@gpg.gov.za) Background. Referral between psychiatrists and spiritual workers (e.g. Christian pastoral care workers, traditional healers, imams, rabbis and others) in the heterogeneous South African (SA) society is complicated and requires investigation to establish appropriate norms. Objective. To capture the views of some local psychiatrists on referral and collaboration between SA psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers. Methods. This explorative qualitative study involved in-depth, semistructured interviews with 13 local academic psychiatrists selected through purposive sampling. Each participant had a single interview with the aim of exploring themes related to the referral and collaboration process between psychiatrists and spiritual advisers. Theme content analysis of interview transcripts was done. Results for one of the six identified themes are reported; other results are reported elsewhere. Results. Within the theme 'referral and collaboration between psychiatrists and spiritual professionals' , three subthemes were identified: facilitating appropriate referral and intervention for individual users; information sharing and mutual awareness between disciplines; and addressing stigmatisation of users with psychiatric conditions. Conclusion. Dialogue between psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers should be developed on an individual practitioner and facility basis, as well as on an organised basis between representative societies. The process of formalising a relationship between local psychiatrists and different spiritual workers may, however, still have some way to go. S Afr J Psych

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“…However, SA psychiatry as a specialist medical discipline must also, in terms of the teaching and training of psychiatry, bridge the multicultural, multireligious and spiritually diverse reality in which everyday practice occurs. [51][52][53][54] …”

Section: Teaching and Trainingmentioning

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South African Society of Psychiatrists guidelines for the integration of spirituality in the approach to psychiatric practice

Rensburg

2014

S Afr J Psych

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Competence of Medical Students and Residents in Psychiatry regarding Spirituality, at a South African School of Clinical Medicine

Abstract: This view concurred with the international medical literature, recommending that spirituality has to be incorporated into specialist psychiatric practice and training, but within professional boundaries and with all faith traditions and belief systems considered equally.

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An exploratory factor analysis into the applicability of the Spirituality Care-Giving Scale, the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and the Spirituality in Occupational Therapy Scale to the South African context

An exploratory factor analysis into the applicability of the Spirituality Care-Giving Scale, the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and the Spirituality in Occupational Therapy Scale to the South African context

Referral and collaboration between South African psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers: Views from some psychiatrists

South African Society of Psychiatrists guidelines for the integration of spirituality in the approach to psychiatric practice

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