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Table 5 Themes, sub-themes and overarching themes in RWs

From: Experiential training course on spirituality for multidisciplinary palliative care teams in a hospital setting: a feasibility study

Themes T1 and sub-themes T1

Themes T2 and sub-themes T2

Themes T3 and sub-themes T3

Themes T4 and sub-themes T4

Developing closeness with colleagues.

• Getting to know each other better

• Working in pairs leads to openness.

• The connection can be fast.

• Enrichment through diversity

Becoming aware of your own spirituality

• Seeing your own evolution

• Recognizing common themes

• New reflections

• Spirituality as acceptance of oneself and others

Exploring spiritual practices

• Recognizing and rediscovering your own range of practices

• Recognition of possible multiplicity

Being in control of the situation

• Greater self-awareness

• Importance of storytelling

• Thinking about the past to think about the future

Practicing listening

• Experiencing the feeling of being listened to intently

• Feeling welcomed

• Importance of the absence of feedback

• Making room for each other

• Learning to value listening to yourself

Reconnecting with/finding your spirituality in order to help yourself

Nourishing spirituality

• Importance of nurturing spirituality

• Reconfirming resolutions/commitments.

• Opening a "space" with a partner

• Desire for future opportunities to share

Contextualizing spirituality in the context of work

• Working on yourself to improve care relationships

• Being non-judgmental of patients

• Professional as a spiritual healing agent

• Team sharing of the theme and of a common language

• Greater ease in talking with patients and family members

• Improving relationships with colleagues through the habit of non-judgment

  

Identifying listening and talking as spiritual practices

Recognizing and welcoming spirituality in others

• From personal to interpersonal spirituality

• Accepting others through spirituality

  

Giving value to emptiness

• Spirituality as emptiness: accepting this

Being aware of the approach

• Match between thought/experience.

• Experience of listening and being heard.

• Not being a learner/peer exchange

Overarching themes

Role of others in listening to yourself

Role of others in influencing spirituality

Role of others in recognizing one’s own spirituality

Role of others in recognizing oneself and broadening the mind

Role of others: discussions with other people broadens the mind

Role of others in self-exploration, for the interweaving of experiences

Role of others in enrichment through diversity

Role of others: spirituality passes through the relationship

Possible transferability to the care relationship

Possible transferability to the care relationship

Possible transferability to the care relationship

Possible transferability to the care relationship

Learning to value your time

Desire to spend time rethinking the past and rediscovering spiritual practices

Importance of setting aside time: gratitude for feeling justified in spending this time in this way

Time needed to listen

Importance of creating moments of emptiness