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Integrating Spirituality And Medical Education: What Students And Teachers Have To Say - A Qualitative Study, Sharon N. Hatcher
Integrating Spirituality And Medical Education: What Students And Teachers Have To Say - A Qualitative Study, Sharon N. Hatcher
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Aims
This thesis explored the perceptions of medical students and teachers with regards to spirituality, its role in health care, and its integration into medical education.
Methods
Two studies were conducted using qualitative descriptive thematic analysis: the first using focus groups with students; and the second depth interviews with teachers. Both studies were carried out in Francophone Canada.
Findings
Teachers spoke of a concept of spirituality evolving as a journey, while students reported sudden turning-points. Both regarded spirituality as important to patient care. Students were struggling with their future physician role and their commitment to rationality, whereas …
The Project Of The Physician: An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Medicine, Alexander X. Shea
The Project Of The Physician: An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Medicine, Alexander X. Shea
Senior Theses and Projects
The telos of this project is twofold – in Part I, I will attempt to solidify the goal of the physician in medical practice, and in Part II, I will examine the specific ways by which the doctor can actualize that goal. In other words, the central questions are: 1) What is the goal of the physician? and 2) How is the physician to accomplish or actualize that goal?
Gods' Diseases: Conceptualizing The Phenomenon Of Hybridity In Sri Lanka, Anfal Yesmien Nyhan
Gods' Diseases: Conceptualizing The Phenomenon Of Hybridity In Sri Lanka, Anfal Yesmien Nyhan
Senior Theses and Projects
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