Opinião de discentes de enfermagem e medicina acerca da religiosidade e espiritualidade na formação acadêmica.

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the perception of nursing and medical students about religiosity and spirituality in health and the approach to the topic in their academic training. This is an observational, cross-sectional and descriptive study carried out at a Federal University, in which students of Nursing and Medicine courses answered sociodemographic questionnaires, about religiosity and about spirituality/religiosity (S/R) in clinical practice and training. A total of 260 people participated. Of these, 219 (84,2%) indicated that there is much or extreme influence of S/R on patients' health, but 122 (46,9%) participants felt moderately prepared for such an approach. The biggest barrier is fear of imposing beliefs (n=66, 25,4%). Two hundred twenty-seven (87,3%) participants also reported that academic training offers little or no information to the student, and also agreed that S/R should be part of the curriculum (n=195, 75%). We conclude that the implementation of educational resources is necessary for the student to understand the spiritual spectrum in the health of his patients, making him an increasingly qualified professional.