Best Practice In Spiritual Care Education; Finding A Way Forward Coming together from across Europe to shape the future of spiritual care education and to enhance compassionate care Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

What do we mean by competence in spiritual care What do we mean by competence in spiritual care? Developing the Spiritual Care Competence Scale (SCCS) René van Leeuwen Lectorate Healthcare & Spirituality Viaa Christian University of Applied Sciences Zwolle - Netherlands Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Outline Competence Spiritual Care Competence Profile Spiritual Care Competence Scale (SCCS) SCCS: Developments Discussion Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Competence Integrated learning Dominant approach in today’s nursing education Foundation of spiritual care education Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Domains of Spiritual Care Competence Profile van Leeuwen & Cusveller, Journal of Advanced Nursing 2004 Assurance and quality of expertise Spiritual dimensions of the nursing process Awareness and use of self Perspective Practice Person Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Domain: Awareness and Use of Self van Leeuwen &Cusveller, Journal of Advanced Nursing 2004 The nurse handles her/his own values, convictions and feelings in their professional relationships with patients of different beliefs and religions (4 indicators) The nurse addresses the subject of spirituality with patients from different cultures in a caring manner (3 indicators) Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Domain: Spiritual Dimensions of the Nursing Process van Leeuwen &Cusveller, Journal of Advanced Nursing 2004 The nurse collects information about the patient’s spirituality and identifies the patient’s needs (4 indicators) The nurse discusses with patients and team members how spiritual care is provided, planned and reported (5 indicators) The nurse provides spiritual care and evaluates it with the patient and team members (9 indicators) Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Domain: Assurance and Quality of Expertise van Leeuwen &Cusveller, Journal of Advanced Nursing 2004 The nurse contributes to quality assurance and improving expertise in spiritual care in the organisation (3 indicators) Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Spiritual Care Competence Scale (SCCS) Based Spiritual Care Competence Profile (van Leeuwen & Cusveller, 2004) 28 indicators split in 35 items Tested and validated among nursing students; psychometric quality satisfactory (Journal of Clinical Nursing, van Leeuwen et al., 2008/2009) Factor analysis: 6 factors remained – 27 items Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Person Attitude towards the patient’s spirituality (4 items) Communication (2 items) Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Practice Assessment and implementation of spiritual care (6 items) Personal support and patient counselling (6 items) Referral (3 items) Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Perspective Professionalization and improving the quality of spiritual care (6 items) Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 SCCS: developments International follow-up research in different groups (students/nurses) Psychometrics satisfactory Translation and validation in different countries in progress I CAN is predictor for I DO Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Attitude/communication: high Quality assurance: low Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Discussion Competence approach Self assessment Stepped skills ? Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Competence approach Critics: atomistic, technical, non-relational Alternative:narrative approach Narrative part of competence?? Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Assessment Limitations: subjective, real practice? Alternatives: research real practice video observations participant observations competence assessment internship Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467

Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467 Stepped skills? Basic competence: person, practice, perspective Stepped skills: innovator, coach Erasmus+ KA2 Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA203-024467