The FCTC Training Programme  entitled   DIGITAL COMPETENCES AND SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE IN HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE  is characterized  by an  interdisciplinary approach which brings together sociology, anthropology, computer science and nursing.  

The challenging  idea is the improvement of nursing curricula with respect to the inclusion of diverse religious/spiritual needs in healthcare and the idea of the possible satisfaction of these and other needs through digital technologies.  

THE  5  MODULES

UNITO   provides a 15-hours module entitled  Spirituality and care in hospitals , supplying a range of tools for identifying and fulfilling hospital patients’ religious-spiritual needs. More specifically, it will present some innovative tools which were developed in the context of narrative medicine in order to construct religious-spiritual discursive (biographical) interviews (the patient’s spiritual history), and to develop a “parallel chart”.  

UKSW University  contributes with a  15-hours module entitled  Managing religious diversity,  introducing analytical concepts useful for understanding religious phenomena in contemporary society, and focussing on the management of religious diversity in public institutions (paying particular attention to hospitals).

 UCD  provides a 15-hours module entitled  Spiritual nursing care interventions for end-of-life care during the COVID 19 Pandemic. After discussing how dignity is welcomed by those receiving palliative and end-of-life care, the module, synthesizing available evidence relating to dignity‐conserving palliative care, will identify evidence‐based care actions and provide guidance to nurses in clinical practice.

UNIR, the E-learning expert partner in the project, provides a 10-hours module entitled  Digital skills for interaction.  It will aim at providing a sound background in digital skills. The notion of emotional intelligence, with reference to intrapersonal/interpersonal, adaptability and affective competences, will be discussed. Basic concepts will be furnished for dealing with digital tools for interaction, social media, digital content creation, storytelling, privacy and copyright

UEx  contributes with a 15-hours module entitled  Narrative Medicine. To this end the objectives of the module are: working on teaching materials from the Narrative Medicine approach adapted to the course format; identifying the importance of the experiences and needs of patients and families in the fields of religion-spirituality; learning about the plurality of manifestations and spaces for care in the hospital environment; addressing aspects such as "oceanic listening" or empathy in the context of spiritual care.

E-Learning Pilot Contents

Below you will find all the materials for each module and lesson. You can take the entire FCTC Pilot Course or choose only the modules that interest you.

We recommend that you read the Short User's Guide before starting any module. 

All video lessons are available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@fromcuretocare1112 .

• Short User's Guide

• Module 1 - Digital Skills for Interaction

• Module 2 - Spirituality and care in hospitals

• Module 3 - Managing religious diversity

• Module 4 - Spiritual nursing care interventions for end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Module 5 - Narrative Medicine