December, 2017 | Transforming Chaplaincy

Charting Our Course: Chaplain Documentation as a Performance Improvement Project

December 18, 2017 charting

This article presents the results of a 30-month process improvement initiative examining the spiritual assessment documentation patterns of staff chaplains as well as CPE residents and interns at [...]
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Transforming Chaplaincy Fellows panel at MN Chapter of APC

December 15, 2017 News

From Chaplain Margo Richardson, Minnesota APC Education Chair: The Minnesota Chapter of the Association of Professional Chaplains will co-host a panel of three Minnesota chaplains who are [...]
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Training Providers of Geriatric Health Care to be Spiritual Generalists

December 14, 2017 gerontology, spiritual care

An interview with Hebrew Rehabilitation Center’s Director of Clinical Pastoral Education: The program will give Hebrew SeniorLife frontline caregivers—from aides to physicians—tools and [...]
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Hospital chaplain’s work is a blessing and a challenge

December 14, 2017 IDEAS IN BRIEF, Professionalization

Think of a chaplain, and — if you’re of a certain age —the quirky character of Father Mulcahy from the TV series “M*A*S*H” might come to mind. Chaplain Alyssa Adreani of Newton-Wellesley [...]
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Building resilience for palliative care clinicians: an approach to burnout prevention based on individual skills and workplace factors

December 7, 2017 palliative care

For palliative care (PC) clinicians, the work of caring for patients with serious illness can put their own well-being at risk. What they often do not learn in training, because of the relative [...]
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