Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care 2020

Video 1 (Part I, overview of 5-part video series) [40-50 min] [target audience: physicians; secondary audience: nurses, social workers, chaplains, staff]] (1) Introduction to educational series (2) Denitions (religion, humanism, spirituality) (3) What “integrating spirituality into patient care” means (4) Reasons for integrating spirituality into patient care (5) How to integrate spirituality into patient care (a) What is involved in a spiritual assessment (b) What types of patients need a spiritual assessment (c) What other activities might the physician do (d) What are the barriers and how to overcome them (e) Role of the “spiritual care team” (f) Physician boundaries (6) Conclusions and further resources Video 2 (Part II, scientic research that justies integrating spirituality into care) [40-50 min] [target audience: physicians; secondary audience: nurses, social workers, chaplains, staff] (1) What “integrating spirituality into patient care” means (review) (2) Why this is an important use of physicians’ time (review) (3) Why we will focus on religion when discussing the research (vs. spirituality) (4) Research on religion/spirituality and coping with illness (5) Research on religious/spiritual involvement and health (a) mental health – depression, suicide, positive emotions, etc. (b) social health – social support, marital stability, etc. (c) behavioral health – exercise, diet, smoking, weight control (d) physical health – cardiovascular disease, immune and endocrine functions, cancer, overall mortality (6) Research on prevalence of spiritual needs and consequences of not addressing them (7) Results of conducting a spiritual assessment (8) Current research at Duke on the psychological and biological mechanisms (9) New cognitive-behavioral interventions being developed to help medical patients cope (10) Further resources Video 3 (Part III, applications: how to integrate spirituality into patient care) [40-50 min] [target audience: physicians; secondary audience: nurses, social workers, chaplains, staff] (1) Review (a) What we are asking physicians to do (b) Denition of terms (c) Reasons for integrating spirituality into patient care (including brief review of research) (2) The “spiritual assessment” (a) What is it and how it came about (b) Patients who need it (c) Patients who don’t need it (d) Documentation and referral (e) Minimum level of physician involvement (3) Beyond the minimum, what else may physicians do (4) What is “spiritual care”? (5) Barriers to spiritual assessment and spiritual care (6) How to overcome barriers to assessment and spiritual care (7) Whole-person needs of physicians (8) The “spiritual care team” and its role (9) Spiritual resources for the physician (10) Boundaries that should not be crossed (11) Further resources Video 4 (Part IV, role of the Spiritual Care Coordinator) [40-50 min] [target audience: nurses, clinic managers; secondary audience: physicians, social workers, chaplains, staff] (1) Introduction (serves as review if physicians watch) (a) What “integrating spirituality into patient care” means (b) Denitions (c) What we are expecting physicians to do and Why (d) Briey summarize the research that justies doing so (2) The Spiritual Care Team (a) Members on the team (b) Roles of each team member (3) The Spiritual Care Coordinator: “coach” of the team (4) Training and qualications of the spiritual care coordinator (5) What does providing “Spiritual Care” involve? (6) Barriers to spiritual care and how to overcome them (review for physicians) (7) Whole-person needs of team members (8) Spiritual resources for the spiritual care team (9) Boundaries that should not be crossed (review for physicians) (10) Further resources Video 5 (Part V, focus on the “spiritual care team” working together) [40-50 min] [target audience: nurses, chaplains, social workers, staff; secondary audience: physicians] (1) Goals of the spiritual care team (2) Review of “integrating spirituality into patient care” series (a) What “integrating spirituality into patient care” means (b) Why do so, including the scientic rationale (c) What we are expecting of physicians (d) What is “spiritual care”? (e) Barriers to spiritual care and boundaries (f) Spiritual care team members and their roles (3) The Chaplain (a) Training of the chaplain (b) Assessment conducted by the chaplain (c) Interventions by the chaplain (d) Information needed by the chaplain for a referral from nurse/spiritual care coordinator (e) Information provided by the chaplain to the spiritual care team (f) Integrating the chaplain into the healthcare team (4) The Social Worker (a) Role on the spiritual care team (b) Primary tasks of the social worker (c) Secondary tasks of the social worker (5) Spiritual care team working together as a team toward common goals (6) Summary of main points of this 5-part educational series (7) Further resources.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe reasons for assessing and addressing spiritual needs in patient care;
  • Describe scientific research that links religious/spiritual beliefs with health;
  • Describe how to assess, address, and support spiritual needs
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • 3.75 ANCC
  • 3.75 Attendance
  • 3.75 JA Credit - AH
    • 3.75 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
Registration Opens: 
10/01/2020
Registration Expires: 
09/30/2022
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Available Credit

  • 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • 3.75 ANCC
  • 3.75 Attendance
  • 3.75 JA Credit - AH
    • 3.75 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
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