Une expérience d'enseignement du concept "système familial" et de l'intervention "famille-infirmier"

Abstract

A teaching experience in nursing: The concept "family system" and a family intervention This article describes a five-year teaching experience of a course in a Master's programme in Nursing. After identifying considerations and factors which determined the nature of the course, the author presents the chosen theoretical orientation and the main theoretical constructs which are taught. Because of their relatively unusual character, their experiential aspect and their great importance, the two teaching methods, family sculpting and family simulating, are discussed in detail. For the clinical application of the concept, the author specifies the three skills that she considers the most fundamental for intervening with a family system. Finally, the supervision, an important part of the course is underlined as being, more than anything else, a form of teaching. Specifically pointed out is the parallel between the "façon d'être" of the supervisor with the students and that of the student with the members of the family she wishes to help.