en Medical Education Medical Education Original Research Original Research <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Background: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Spiritual health education is known as an important element in its implementation in the health system, which has different approaches to its implementation. Spiritual health has a positive effect on health, longevity, and recovery from physical ailments. Without spirituality education, education cannot function properly in biological, psychological, spiritual, and social dimensions or reach its maximum capacity. The present study aimed to develop the spiritual health curriculum approach based on Tyler&#39;s model in Iran between 2020 and 2021. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Methods:</b> In this qualitative study, by using a directed content analysis method and using validated curriculum models (Tyler&#39;s model), we developed a new spiritual health curriculum approach for Iranian society. This study was done between April 2021 and February 2022.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Results:</b> Because the spiritual health curriculum in Iran should be based on the philosophical and social principles of Iran, a new approach to spiritual health education based on Tyler&#39;s model was developed. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Conclusion:</b> Tyler&#39;s Iranian-Islamic model, which is suitable for our Iranian-Islamic culture and is valid for developing spirituality, was introduced.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Spiritual Health, Curriculum, Tyler Curriculum Model, Educational Design 1010 1015 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4058-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Seyyedeh Zahra Nahardani zahra_nahardani@yahoo.com 200319475328460074125 200319475328460074125 No Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences (CERMS), Iran University of Medical Sciences, & Spiritual Health of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran Seyed Kamran Soltani Arabshahi soltarab34@gmail.com 200319475328460074126 200319475328460074126 No Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences (CERMS), & Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Marzieh Pashmdarfard mpashmdarfard@sbmu.ac.ir 200319475328460074127 200319475328460074127 Yes Occupational Therapy Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran