A Nonsectarian Spiritually-based Program to enhance Professional Caregiving Self-Efficacy.DOC

This file contains handouts to accompany the paper entitled: A Nonsectarian Spiritually-based Program to enhance Professional Caregiving Self-Efficacy Reporting on work by Doug Oman, PhD (presenter) John Hedberg, MD David Downs, MD Debra Parsons, MD Presented at 129th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association Atlanta, Georgia, USA October 25, 2001 Information in subsequent pages of this file: A copy of the online abstract for the paper presentation at the American Public Health Association (2001) A brief summary of the intervention under study, i.e., the Eight Point Program developed by Easwaran (1991/1978), and its relevance to health professionals This brief overview is drawn from a poster presentation entitled "A Comprehensive Non-Sectarian Program for Spirituality and Health" that was prepared for the (fourth annual, 2000) conference on spirituality and medical education sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (http://www.aamc.org/meetings/specmtgs/spirit00/posters.htm, accessed October 22, 2001) These materials were prepared by Doug Oman A fuller description of the intervention These materials were prepared for a workshop entitled "A Comprehensive Non-Sectarian Program for Integrating Spirituality into Health Practice" for the (fifth annual, 2001) conference on spirituality and medical education sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (http://www.aamc.org/meetings/specmtgs/spirit01/agenda.htm, accessed October 22, 2001) These materials were prepared by John Hedberg, Jeanne Bowden, and Doug Oman page pages 29 pages Online Abstract (http://apha.confex.com/apha/129am/techprogram/paper_29323.htm , accessed October 22, 2001) 129th Annual Meetings of the American Public Health Association 6003.0: Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 9:00 AM A nonsectarian spiritually-based program to enhance professional caregiving self-efficacy Doug Oman, PhD1, John Hedberg, MD2, David Downs, MD2, and Debra Parsons, MD3 (1) School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall #7360, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, (707) 878-2573, DougOman@post.Harvard.edu, (2) University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, (3) Exempla St Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects on caregiving self-efficacy of an eight week training for health professionals in spiritually-based self-management tools DESIGN AND METHODS: The training program, based on a comprehensive, eight-point, nonsectarian program of practices developed by Easwaran (1991), was taught to a class of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals recruited through a Veterans Administration facility in Denver, CO Before and after the training, participating students (N=14) filled out a 32-item caregiving self-efficacy questionnaire Data was also gathered regarding sociodemographic characteristics, spiritual and religious self-perceptions and practices, and the degree of use by students of the program's eight tools (practices) RESULTS: Over the course of the training, mean caregiver self-efficacy increases were large and statistically significant (Cohen's d>0.80, p