To all listserve members,
Most compliments I have received have come from faculty who believe in the
value of linking spiritual issues with medical care and they usually add
comments during my lectures to residents. Even though we have several
residents who have strong religious views, three are from religious colleges
and they have definite personal commitments to their communities, they
rarely add comments.
The criticism I remember recently came from a second year student who
complained that he did not know enough about various religious communities
to be of help to those who need recommendations or suggestions. We had been
talking about divorce and the various churches that offer
reconcilition/divorce groups for their members. He rarely shows much
psychosocial interest in patient interviews in general.
Gloria Ross


-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Kliewer [mailto:kliewers@...]
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:28 PM
To: STFM-Spirituality@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [STFM-Spirituality] Greetings from Oregon


Hello friends!

I'd like to offer my greetings to all of you who are participating in the
Spirituality listserver through STFM.
Over the past year or so there has been only a minimal use of this tool.
Dana King (South Carolina) and I (Oregon) would like (as the co-chairs of
the group) to find ways to make the list truly serve us more effectively.

With this email I would like to accomplish two things.

First, I would appreciate it if you would respond directly to me at my email
at OHSU.
I am trying to ascertain how many people are truly active on this listserve,
and get a better feel for who those people are.

If you could email me back letting me know not only your name, but your
discipline, where you are involved, and some basics about what you are
doing. This is not a formal survey of activity, but a short description of
activities would be helpful. Feel free to offer as much, or as little,
information about yourself and your situation as you would like. Again, my
goal is to get a "feel" for who is out there.

My email is kliewers@... <mailto:kliewers@...>

Second, if you could respond to the list serve itself by responding to the
following questions.

"What has been the most common (or significant) compliment you have received
from learners (at any level) regarding curriculum focused on the integration
of medicine and spirituality?"

also

"What has been the most common significant criticism/negative comment you
have heard regarding such curriculum?"

I believe we can learn a lot from such comments. I will never forget having
a student come up to me after a research result had been shared. He was
from a strong Christian background, and was rather put off by the outcomes
focus we often use in justifying the integration of medicine and
spirituality. His comment was, "It really is not that motivating for me to
know that God is 12% more effective than a placebo!"

I'm looking forward to hearing from all of you.

Steve



Stephen Kliewer. D.Min.
Assistant Professor
Director of Program and Research Support
Department of Family Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University

Phone: 503-494-6603
Optional: 503-314-7686
FAX 503-494-3607


Email: kliewers@... <mailto:kliewers@...>

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