Table 1 Spiritual care training: aims and duration
From: Developments in spiritual care education in German - speaking countries
Target group | Course | Duration | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
Theology students | [1] Community internship | 104 h | Theology |
Psychology students | [2] Counselling psychology | 2 years | Psychology |
[3] Colloquium on meditation practices, science, work and health | 2 days | ||
Medical students | [4] Communication with cancer patients | 60 min | Palliative care |
[5] Influence of stories and pictures | 60 min | ||
[6] The role of chaplaincy | 90 min | ||
[7] Grief | 90 min | ||
[8] Psychosocial-spiritual palliative care | 144 h | ||
[9] Spiritual care | 2 × 45 min | ||
[10] Spiritual care | 2 × 45 min | ||
[11] Change of mind-set and patient visits | 40 × 45 min | ||
[12] Spirituality and spiritual care | 16 × 45 min | ||
Multidisciplinary team | [13] Spiritual assessment | 180 min | Spiritual care |
[14] Providing spiritual support | 2 × 45 min | ||
[15] Spiritual care course | 7 × 3 days | ||
[16] Compassionate presence | 22 × 45 min | ||
[17] Deep listening | 34 × 45 min | ||
[18] Spiritual assessment | 2 days | ||
[19] Biographical work on the basis of logo- therapy (V. Frankl) | 3 days | ||
[20] Spiritual care course | 7 × 2 days | ||
[21] Bedside spirituality | 7 × 45 min | ||
[22] Solace | 2 × 45 min | Palliative care | |
[23] Quality management | 2 × 45 min | ||
[24] Providing spiritual support | 2 × 45 min | ||
[25] Spiritual assessment | 60 min | ||
[26] Palliative care | - | ||
Nurses | [27] Palliative care for nurses | - | Palliative care |
[28] Providing spiritual support | 8 × 45min | Spiritual care | |
Physicians | [29] Spiritual care for beginners | 2 × 135 min | Spiritual care |
[30] Leadership and spirituality | 7 × 45 min | ||
[31] Ethical issues in oncology | 24 × 60 min | Oncology | |
[32] Symposium of complementary care | 1 per year | ||
[33] Oncology and palliative care | - | ||
[34] Ethical issues in palliative care | 4 × 60 min | Palliative care | |
[35] Terminal care in oncology | - | ||
[36] Pilgrimage | 5 days | ||
[37] Palliative care | - | ||
[38] Paediatric palliative medicine | 12 × 45 min | Paediatric palliative care | |
[39] Multi-faith spiritual care | 2 × 45 min | ||
[40] Spiritual care in Christian context | 2 × 45 min | ||
[41] Work with selected cases | 2 × 45 min | ||
Chaplains | [42] Palliative care for chaplains | 120 h | Palliative care |
Palliative care for chaplains | 120 h + 20 h retreat | Palliative care | |
Chaplaincy in intensive care units | 80 × 45 min + 3 months practical work | Intensive care | |
General public, voluntary workers, family members | [43] Spiritual retreat | - | Spiritual care |
[44] Spirituality in hospice work | 5 × 7 × 45 min | ||
[45] Spirituality in hospice work | - | ||
[46] Communication on the borders | 3 × 45 | ||
[47] Healing grief | 22 × 45 min | ||
[48] Tibetan Buddhist teachings | 3 days | ||
[49] Parental evening | 3 days | ||
[50] Café: Life goes on | 2 × 60 min | ||
[51] Healing dance for orphaned mothers | - | ||
[52] Healing painting for orphaned parents | - | ||
[53] Seasonal letter | 3 × per year | ||
[54] Spiritual care, dementia and paintings | 1 day | ||
[55] Culturally sensitive spirituality in the care for the dying | 16 × 45 min | ||
[56] Spiritual care for people with dementia | 3 × 45 min | ||
[57] Rituals in the care for dying and grief management | 8 × 45 min | ||
[58] Spiritual care and chaplaincy: chances and possibilities | - |