Study visit to the Special Hospital for Psychiatry and Palliative Medicine, Sveti Rafael Strmac

On Friday, February 17, 2023, as part of the Erasmus mundus project "Design and Implementation of Master Degree in Palliative Care", a study visit to the Special Hospital for Psychiatry and Palliative Medicine Sveti Rafael Strmac took place.

Members of the project team met with the management and members of the palliative care team. The director of the hospital, Maristela Šakić, MD, Ph.D., gave an introductory lecture on "Spirituality in Palliative Care," followed by the members of the palliative care team, which consists of a psychiatrist, a head nurse, a social worker, a psychologist, a physiotherapist, and a clergyman. In a pleasant conversation, they answered the project team's questions about their different roles in the palliative team, which complement each other.

The members of the expert palliative team emphasized that good communication within the team is an essential for success. At Sveti Rafael Strmac Hospital, the patient is approached holistically, the focus is not only on the disease, i.e. the diseased organ, but on the whole person with all his psychological, social and spiritual problems. The goal is to improve the quality of life and reduce the suffering of the dying and their families. The patient is at the center and is at all times a person who should be respected and who decides everything. The goal of every action is to ensure that the patient's suffering is not experienced in loneliness and abandonment, but surrounded by humanity.

The members of the project team visited all the premises of the hospital and were shown how to admit patients to the department of palliative care and long-term care.

The hospital staff emphasized the importance of implementing the project of the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek and its partners in designing a study program aimed at raising standards in the provision of palliative care.

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