Category Archive for: "education"

Training the Workforce: Description of a Longitudinal Interdisciplinary Education and Mentoring Program in Palliative Care

October 17, 2017 education

CONTEXT: The rapid increase in demand for palliative care (PC) services has led to concerns regarding workforce shortages and threats to the resiliency of PC teams. OBJECTIVES: To describe the [...]
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Evaluation of a chaplain residency program and its partnership with an in-patient palliative care team

October 17, 2017 education, palliative care

In 2009 a Consensus Conference of experts in the field of spiritual care and palliative care recommended the inclusion of Board-certified professional chaplains with at least 1,600 hours of [...]
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Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Critical Examination

October 9, 2017 education, research

This course explores the relationships between religion, spirituality and health in the contemporary United States. We bring together research and thinking in epidemiology, psychology, sociology, [...]
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Transforming Chaplaincy – Description of Curriculum

October 9, 2017 CPE, education

The primary focus of this course is to develop research literacy and application to pastoral practice in the clinical setting. The overall purpose of this course is to 1.) learn about the process [...]
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What’s Research Got To Do With It? Nurturing Research Literacy for Spiritual Care

October 9, 2017 education, psychiatry

Spiritual Care in a Clinical Setting has traditionally be informed by a subjective understanding of caregivers whether their interventions and practices have been effective or not. Not much [...]
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