Fig. 1.

Content of the course, explained in an exploratory diagram, moving outward in five levels. 1) The individual level focused on personal growth, including educational activities, such as writing a spiritual autobiography, self-care training, and shadowing a chaplain. 2) The level at which these values become professionally integrated, involving activities, such as interviews of other medical team members, self-reflection, and an understanding of team dynamics. 3) The patient care level, which involves gaining a deeper understanding the patient experience, learning the basics of spiritual care provision, and basic religious literacy. 4) The institutional and/or structural level, where the student will learn about the structure of the medical team, local religious communities, and social structures (health care and socioeconomic status). 5) The societal level, where students will discuss controversial issues dealing with religion and/or spirituality and medicine, providing multiple viewpoints of social issues (abortion, health care, religious views on medicine, etc.).