SEP-1 2020-2023
The SEP project is one of three appointed Excellence in Research projects at VID Specialized University 2020 – 2023.
The final report for SEP-1: Download the final report for SEP (15 MB PDF)
Application Group 2019:
- Tove Giske Professor in Nursing, Ph.D. VID Specialized University, Norway
- Linda Rykkje Associate Professor, Ph.D. VID Specialized University, Norway
- Wilfred McSherry Professor in Nursing, Staffordshire University, UK
- Pamela Cone Professor, PhD, Azusa Pacific University, CA
- Linda Ross Professor, PhD, South Wales University, UK
- Rene van Leeuwen Professor, PhD, Viaa University, the Netherlands
- Britt Haugland Associate Professor, M.Phil., VID Specialized University, Norway
- Charlotte Delmar Professor in Caring Science, Fellow of American Academy of Nursing, PhD, (professor II, 10 % i FHB, VID)
Visit the main page for the SEP project at researchgate
Visit the CRISTIN page for the project
Work packages
WP 1: Scoping review of student learning about spiritual care during clinical studies.
Leader: Associate Professor Linda Rykkje
Time frame: 2020 – 2021
Working group: Professor Tove Giske, Professor Wilfred Mc Sherry, Professor Pamela Cone, Professor Linda Ross, Librarian VID Margrethe Bakstad Søvik
WP 2:Existential and spiritual experiences in mental health
Leader: Professor Tove Giske
Time frame: 2020 – 2023
We seek to understand how patients with mental illness experience existential and spiritual perspectives.
Published work from WP 2:
Cone, P., & Giske, T. (2021). Mental Health Staff Per-spectives on Spiritual Care Competencies in Nor-way: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in Psychology,12, 794165-794165.
Simon and God – Film
The film Simon and God was made in the SEP project WP2 in 2023
WP 3: Application research in nursing home with the aim to develop an innovative teaching program to strengthen clinical nurses and other health care providers as spiritual care providers, role models and supervisors
Leader: Associate Professor Linda Rykkje
PhD student: Marianne Morland
Time frame: 2020 – 2023
Co-supervisor: Professor Wilfred McSherry
Working group: Leaders and nurses from Siljuslåtten Nursing home.
Published work from WP 3:
WP 4: To develop and test the EPICC Spiritual Care Educational Standard into a self-assessment questionnaire and promote the use of it
In Work Package 4 we have built on the EPICC work where 31 researchers and educators from 21 European developed the EPICC Spiritual Care Education Standard (www.epicc-network.org).
Leader: Professor Tove Giske
Time frame: 2020 – 2023
Working group: Associate Professor Britt M Kuven, Western Norway University of Applies Sciences, Associate Professor Venke Ueland, University of Stavanger, Associate Professor Bodil Bø Våga, University of Stavanger, Professor Wilfred Mc Sherry, Professor Pamela Cone, Professor Linda Ross, and Professor Rene van Leeuwen.
For more information about the EPICC work-group, visit EPICC Project.
Download:
EPICC Norsk. Standard for utdanning i åndelig omsorg (PDF)
EPICC, Norsk, vurderingsskjema (PDF)
Published work from WP 4:
- Developing and testing the EPICC Spiritual Care Competency Self-Assessment Tool for student nurses and midwives
- Strengths and challenges with spiritual care: Student feedback from the EPICC Spiritual Care Self-Assessment Tool
- Åndelig omsorg handler om mer enn religiøs tro
- Mot til å møte pasienten sine åndelege tankar og kjensler – ein kvalitativ studie
WP 5: Spiritual Care in the Global South – working with the School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Christian University of North Haiti (UCHN).
WP 5: Spiritual Care in the Global South – working with the School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Christian University of North Haiti (UCHN), to develop a teaching package for spiritual care education.
Leader: Professor Tove Giske
Time frame: 2020 – 2023
Working group: Professor Pamela Cone, Associate Professor Linda Rykkje, Director and faculty from the UCHN School of Nursing.