PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Leila Kozak
AU  - Lorin Boynton
AU  - Jacob Bentley
AU  - Emma Bezy
TI  - Introducing spirituality, religion and culture curricula in the psychiatry residency programme
AID  - 10.1136/jmh.2010.004267
DP  - 2010 Jun 01
TA  - Medical Humanities
PG  - 48--51
VI  - 36
IP  - 1
4099  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/36/1/48.short
4100  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/36/1/48.full
SO  - J Med Humanit2010 Jun 01; 36
AB  - A growing body of research suggests that religion and spirituality may have a positive effect on mental and physical health. Medical schools have been increasingly offering courses in spirituality and health, particularly about the multi-cultural dimensions of religion and spirituality. There is a trend towards integrating the teaching of cross-cultural issues related to spirituality and religion into medical education. This trend is particularly evident in the field of psychiatry, where an increasing number of residency programmes are developing curriculum in this area. This article describes a specific curriculum in spirituality, religion and culture that was introduced in 2003 at the University of Washington Psychiatry Residency Program in Seattle, Washington. Reflections about the present and future of subject areas such as spirituality and religion in medical education and psychiatry residency are discussed.