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Spiritual Accompaniment Training in Pediatric Palliative Care: A Case Study from Spain

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Advances in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences (AHFE 2021)

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This article examines a case study of Spiritual Accompaniment Training in Pediatric Palliative Care (PCC) at the Sant Joan de Déu (SJD) Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. It describes the current level of training of PCC professionals in Spain and suggests action proposals to improve it. More specifically, the present study explores the challenges, needs, and gaps in the training of the health care professionals who provide pediatric palliative care and grief support in Spain. Furthermore, it investigates the skills and competences needed by pediatric health professionals in spiritual accompaniment care for both patients and their families by trying to specify the degree of spiritual competence. Finally, we propose a structured specialized training in spiritual care for PPC professionals which is based on a standardized Spiritual Accompaniment in Pediatric Palliative Care Training Program Care in Spain.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Birmingham’s Children’s Hospital for this training. They thank all PEDPAL and Sant Joan de Déu (SJD) Hospital professionals and participants that made this article possible.

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  1. HAN University of Applied Sciences, Ruitenberglaan 31, 6826 CC, Arnhem, Netherlands

    Florentin Popescu

  2. Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Passeig de Sant Joan de Déu 2, 08950, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

    Mario Gabriel Ciccorossi, Inma Ferrer Svoboda & Pau Miquel Diego

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Correspondence to Florentin Popescu .

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  1. Institute of Maritime Operations, University of South-Eastern Norway, Borre, Norway

    Salman Nazir

  2. Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Tareq Z. Ahram

  3. Department of Industrial Engineering and Management System, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

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Popescu, F., Ciccorossi, M.G., Svoboda, I.F., Diego, P.M. (2021). Spiritual Accompaniment Training in Pediatric Palliative Care: A Case Study from Spain. In: Nazir, S., Ahram, T.Z., Karwowski, W. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 269. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80000-0_7

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