title: Learning from Listening: Helping Healthcare Students to Understand Spiritual Assessment in Clinical Practice.
abstract: We aim to evaluate the perceptions of healthcare students while taking a spiritual history (SH). Fifty students were trained on how to take a SH, interviewed inpatients and answered a questionnaire concerning their perceptions. A total of 362 patients were interviewed: 60.1% of students felt comfortable taking a SH, 85.1% believed the patient liked the approach, and 72.1% believed more benefits could come with a follow-up. When students felt more comfortable, they tended to believe the patient: liked the approach (p < 0.01), felt better (p < 0.01) and more motivated (p < 0.01). Spirituality/health educational strategies may be a valid strategy to prepare future health professionals to face spiritual issues in health scenarios.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Gilbués Street, 76 - Jd. Panamá II, 79113010, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. lidia.goncalves.2@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Lídia Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Gilbués Street, 76 - Jd. Panamá II, 79113010, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Igraíne Helena Scholz
authors.initials: IHS
authors.lastname: Osório
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Gilbués Street, 76 - Jd. Panamá II, 79113010, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luan Leal
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Gilbués Street, 76 - Jd. Panamá II, 79113010, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lígia Rodrigues
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Simonetti
authors.affiliation: Hospital Chaplaincy, University Hospital Maria Aparecida Pedrossian, Campo Grande, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edilson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dos Reis
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de For a, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucchetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D029181:Spirituality; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Educational models; Medical history taking; Religion and health; Spirituality