en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"><b><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Background</span></span></b><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">: Admission to a hospital increases individuals&#39; vulnerability and consequent requirements for religion and/or spirituality.<b> </b>Religion and spirituality are two relevant but inequivalent concepts. Religion consists of a set of beliefs, rituals, and affairs that usually characterize a community&#39;s faith in a sacred power. The purpose of this research is to design the title and objectives of the spiritual care course for service providers</span></span><b><span dir="RTL" lang="FA"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">.</span></span></span></b></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background:#fafafa"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Methods:</span></span></span></span></b> <span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">This research was a mixed exploratory study (qualitative and quantitative) with text analysis and descriptive-analytical methods. First, the review of similar texts and sources published between 2012 and 2023, and after classifying and analyzing them, the final components and titles of spiritual care courses, including 32 components, are available to experts and experts for valid review and evaluation. The statistical community at this stage includes all medics, nurses, clergy, managers, and carers in the field of spiritual health in the country, and 13 people were selected by purposive sampling to reach the Theoretical saturation stage. By examining and revising the components by experts and specialists, the final components and titles of spiritual care courses were designed as 8 goals and 4 titles. To validate the components extracted from Lavshe&#39;s method (to convert qualitative to quantitative judgment) two quantitative validity indices (CVI) and validity ratio (CVR) were used.</span></span><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background:#fafafa"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background:#fafafa"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Results:</span></span></span></span></b><b> </b><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">The minimum and maximum acceptable values ​​were 0.80 in the CVR index and 0.77 in the CVI index. The research findings showed that out of 8 </span>objective<span style="color:black">s, 7 goals, and 4 titles, all the proposed titles are approved and valid.</span></span></span></span><br> <b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background:#fafafa"><span style="color:black">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style="color:black"> Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the designed titles and goals of spiritual care can be used as a guide for developing spiritual care training courses in medical centers and hospitals.</span></span></span></div> Spiritual care, Healthcare staff, Courses 213 220 http://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2192-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammad Hassan Lotfi mhlotfi56359@gmail.com 0000-0003-1358- 4984 No 1. Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Health Faculty, ShahidSadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran, Islamic Republic Of Iran 2. Spiritual Health Research Center, Department of Health Research, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Masoumeh Dashtabadi ma.dashtabadi67@gmail.com 0000-0001-9635-1224 No 1. Department of Counseling, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran 2. Spiritual Health Research Center, Department of Health Research, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Esmail Emami 0000-000-3652-2365 No Department of Islamic Revolution, University of Islamic Sciences, Qom, Iran Hasan Zare Khormizi mh.zare48@gmail.com 0000-0001-9302-1799 Yes Spiritual Health Research Center, Department of Health Research, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran