SU1.01 – Empowerment Model for Spiritual Care Integration in Behavioral Health
Presented by Kjirstin Almos MA MDiv BCC & Rachel Daley MDiv BCC
Overview:
While behavioral health (BH) is often seen as a specialized field beyond standard chaplaincy, evidence shows BH is a frequent concern across all care settings. 1 in 5 persons has a BH diagnosis, and since physical and behavioral health are bidirectional, BH concerns are significant factors across all levels of patient care. This session will demonstrate that R/S has a significant impact on BH outcomes, and that chaplains must integrate BH competence to provide safe and effective care. Using an empowerment model, this session will equip chaplains with tools and resources to enhance spiritual care skills with BH patients.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand that behavioral health encompasses a multitude of diagnoses, symptoms, and experiences that all chaplains need to be able to address regardless of assigned clinical area
- Conduct an assessment that will help determine and articulate appropriate spiritual care integration for persons with a behavioral health diagnosis and that is appropriate to different care settings
- Utilize provided resources to grow competence, develop confidence, and ensure meaningful, compassionate, and effective spiritual care that integrates behavioral health
Level: Beginner
Handout included: Yes
SU1.02 – Addressing Spiritual Concerns Among Those Living with Chronic Pain
Presented by Chiyona Bourne MACE
Overview:
The IU Health Pain Rehabilitation Program was launched November 2021.The Interdisciplinary Clinical Team consisting of The Chaplain, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Physicians, Dieticians, and Yoga Therapists worked together to create a meaningful program of support and rehabilitation. As a Chaplain, I collaborated with the Clinical Team and enhanced the care patients received by leaning in to their emotional and spiritual pain. This Quality Improvement Project enabled the creation of 3 conversational modules utilized to journey with patients as they took ownership in their healing. Patients reported changes in their pain scores after completing the modules.
Learning Objectives:
- Differentiate expression of physical pain and spiritual/emotional pain to offer appropriate care
- Plan interventions for patients that aid a patient in being seen, heard, and valued
- Recall moments when a patient’s distress is related to Chronic Pain
Level: Intermediate
Handout included: Yes
SU1.05 – Religious Literacy for Chaplains
Presented by Steven Cunningham MD & Beth Muehlhausen PhD MDiv BCC LCSW
Overview:
This will be a three-part, interactive presentation, including: 1) short introductory part; 2) a main-presentation part during which the content supporting the objectives will be presented, including discussions of common misperceptions of religion and ways to promote peace and understanding among people of diverse worldviews and religious traditions; and 3) an open-discussion part during implications for how chaplains can incorporate these principles into their spiritual care will be explored in an interactive format with workshop participants.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the main tenants of religious literacy consistent with the American Academy of Religion
- Understand how religious (il)literacy effects not only international but also intra- and interpersonal peace and conflict
- Incorporate these understandings into the work of daily providing spiritual care to patients and families from diverse religious traditions, including those worldviews not associated with a particular religious tradition
Level: Beginner
Handout included: No
SU1.06 – Resilience for Real Life: Tools that Work for You
Presented by Charlotte Hoffmann MDiv
Overview:
Traditional self-care advice is a helpful baseline but does not always meet the needs of spiritual care practitioners (e.g., night shift work, on call schedules, the potential emotional and spiritual tolls of work). The pandemic has further stretched chaplains’ resources, including those for self-care. Chaplains have shared with me that they have tried everything they know, and it is no longer working. They need new tools. This workshop introduces new resilience tools chaplains can implement in their daily work settings and personal lives, informed by the realities of chaplaincy. This workshop is intended to be relevant and easily adaptable for chaplains in a variety of settings and with differing levels of experience in chaplaincy.
Learning Objectives:
- Discover a basic understanding of Ayurveda and the concept of dosha, and how it may apply to their own burnout and resilience tendencies
- Introduce participants to new tools for resilience and self care
- Feel empowered and create a plan to easily adapt these tools to their diverse daily lives & work settings
Level: Intermediate
Handout included: Yes
SU1.07 – Neuropalliative Care: The Chaplain as a Key Member of the Interdisciplinary Team
Presented by Sue Ouellette PhD MDiv MA, Judith Long BCC, & Dirk Labuschchagne MDiv MPH BCC
Overview:
This presentation will introduce participants to the field of Neuropalliative Care and will describe the role of the chaplain as a critical member of the interdisciplinary treatment team. Often, neuropalliative care services are provided in an outpatient setting and a discussion of working in such a setting will be included. Specific spiritual/existential issues and concerns faced by people with Parkinson’s Disease, ALS, MS, and brain tumors and their caregivers will be discussed. Unique features of the grieving process as applied to this population will also be explored.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the philosophical underpinnings and basic practice of neuropalliative care
- Describe common patient populations seen and typical spiritual/existential issues observed
- Describe common challenges faced by caregivers of these patients as well as some spiritual/existential issues they may face
Level: Beginner
Handout included: No
SU1.08 – Staff Support-only Chaplain: A New Role in Healthcare Chaplaincy
Presented by Laura Ramsey MA BCC, David Simmons DMin BCC, & Kelly Fuddy MA
Overview:
COVID-19 has exposed the many ways self-care strategies for healthcare workers have not been sufficient to provide for the past and current challenges of acute-care settings. This workshop describes a successful pilot program that led to the approval of two Staff Care Chaplains at Penn State Health, how they were funded, how they got system-wide buy-in, and how they’re being used to reclaim humanity for healthcare “superheroes”. Using the metaphor of a “disturbance” in ecological systems, we will explore what kinds of creativity it will really take to achieve elusive goals for decreased burnout, turnover, and distress.
Learning Objectives:
- Assess their chaplaincy department’s role and authority in addressing self-care culture change
- Identify interdisciplinary partners for systemic, lasting culture change
- Understand the unique opportunity to increase staff resilience with a staff-dedicated chaplain
Level: Intermediate
Handout included: No
SU1.09 – What We’ve Learned About Quality Improvement Projects in Chaplaincy
Presented by Martin Shaw MPH MDiv CPH BCC & Christian Taylor MDiv
Overview:
An overview of AdventHealth’s Quality Improvement initiatives and the implications.
Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate how Quality Improvement projects can be developed
- Outline what we’ve learned: successes, challenges
- Walk away with ideas for implementation in their own facilities/ organizations
Level: Beginner
Handout included: Yes
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