Medicine and Spirituality

Abstract

STUDENTJAMA provides a forum for critical exchange on current issues in medical education, research, and practice. It is produced by a group of medical student editors in collaboration with the JAMA editorial staff and is published monthly. The content of STUDENTJAMA includes writing by medical students, physicians, and other researchers, as well as original medical student artwork and creative writing. The articles and viewpoints in STUDENTJAMA do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the American Medical Association or of JAMA. All submissions must be the original unpublished work of the author(s). All submitted work is subject to review and editing.

The impact of a hybrid online and classroom-based course on palliative care competencies of family medicine residents

“…Future course renditions should therefore address this domain better. 25 Improvements in self-perceived comfort or confidence were noted despite the limitations of self-assessments by learners. Self-efficacy refers to an individual's confidence in being able to perform a specific task at a desired level.…”

Spirituality/Religiosity as a Therapeutic Resource in Clinical Practice: Conception of Undergraduate Medical Students of the Paulista School of Medicine (Escola Paulista de Medicina) - Federal University of São Paulo (Universidade Federal de São Paulo)

“…Our research object that proposes the insertion of Spirituality/Religiosity in medical education in Brazil is anchored in the relevant approval data of this discipline in several countries, as mentioned earlier. In Brazil and in the world, there has been an increase in the number of Spirituality and Health research groups, events, funding, publications in high-impact journals and space in medical conferences, in addition to recommendations of the main international bodies for the inclusion of Spirituality in clinical care and health education, among other initiatives (Puchalski, 2001b;Modjarrad, 2004;Moreira-Almeida, 2007;Lucchetti et al, 2012b).…”

Kanser Hastalarında Umutsuzluk ve Manevi Bakım Algısının Değerlendirilmesi

“…Wallace ve O'Shea [63] (2007) maneviyatın kronik hastalıklarla başa çıkmaya yardımcı olduğunu ifade etmiştir. Modjarrad [64] (2004) maneviyatın, hastalıkları giderdiği ve zorluklarla baş etmeyi kolaylaştırdığını bildirmiştir. Grant [65] (2004) ise; maneviyatın bireylere iç huzur ve başa çıkma enerjisi verdiğini, kendini tanımayı kolaylaştırdığını ve fiziksel rahatlama sağlamaya yardımcı olduğunu vurgulamıştır.…”