Spiritual Pain

Project Owner: San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Palliative Medicine (SDHIPM)

Project Role

• Designed and developed the e-learning course.

Project Purpose

• Identified methodology improvements for delivering the “Spiritual Pain” curriculum.
• Transformed this leader-led course into an asynchronous e-learning training.

Project Goals

• Investigate the most effective learning methodologies for delivering the “Spiritual Pain” curriculum.
• Define spiritual pain and identify the four dimensions of spiritual pain.
• Identify when a patient is suffering from spiritual pain and how to assess their symptoms.
• Explain how to treat spiritual pain.

Project Audience

• Primarily, spiritual counselors
• Secondarily, nurses and social workers

Project Deliverables

• e-Learning course (45 minutes)
  • Practice questions
  • A comprehensives assessment
  • The e-Learning is SCORM and LMS accessible