Preparation and Adjustment of Topics for Spiritual Health Education in the Medical Education System

The necessity and need of the medical community for spiritual aspects in the country's medical education system and how to deal with it is being created. In this study, a spiritual health education program based on the Islamic approach has been designed to compile educational topics for the medical community of the University of Medical Sciences.

In this study, from 2020 to 2022, with a review of sources and research related to spiritual skills and spirituality in health, holistic and systematic approaches to human beings, steps were taken to develop educational topics according to needs assessment, and the aims and educational strategies were developed based on the headings. The method of approving educational content was approved in 5 dedicated panels with the presence of 13 experts in the field of spiritual health, education, and planning.

The educational strategy of health and spiritual care was determined in the form of 5 axes. Familiarity with the importance, why and necessity of health and spiritual care in clinical work, conceptualization and basics of spiritual health with Islamic approach, clinical guide in health and spiritual care, necessary skills in spiritual health, familiarity with types of spiritual care, from It is the sentence of these axes.

Medical education in Iran, while having excellent features, has important weaknesses and shortcomings. It includes health education and spiritual care during training in medical universities. The present article, which is based on the scientific research and clinical experiences of expert professors with an Islamic approach in the direction of increasing educational knowledge and acquiring the necessary skills following the spiritual needs of the medical community, is a step in solving this deficiency.