PRACTICE & PRESENCE: A GATHERING FOR CHRISTIANS IN HEALTH CARE 2024
Practice and Presence is a two-day conference for health care practitioners of faith to listen, learn and discuss together new ways of working in health care. The theme of this year's gathering is mental health. Mental health is a hot topic impacting all areas of health care and the broader culture. This year’s Practice & Presence gathering invites participants of all backgrounds to pause and reflect on the contours of mental health in an unsettled age. We all experience mental health challenges—loss, loneliness, fear, sadness. We commonly hear friends, colleagues, congregants, patients, and family members express feelings of fragmentation and unease or a sense of being overwhelmed. Anxiety regarding work, family, community, and the planet unsettles our sense of who we are and what we can hope for. How can Christian theology shape our understanding of mental health? How might Christian faith inspire us to attend well to ourselves, our loved ones, and those in our care in the face of mental health challenges? Participants will explore these questions together during the conference.
Target Audience
Allied Health Professionals
Fellows
Medical Students
Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Physicians
Physician Assistants
Residents
Learning Objectives
- Explaining how practices of caring and healing within faith communities and traditions might be incorporated into contemporary contexts of mental health care.
- Describing ways of faithfully engaging in health care for the benefit of patients and communities.
- Listing ways in which faith traditions can contribute to creative engagement with and innovation to modern mental health care systems.
Warren Kinghorn, MD, D.Th
Farr Curlin, MD
Rachel Meyer
Brett McCarty, ThD
Victoria Yunez Behm, MS, MTS, CNS, LDN
Dana Baker McCarty, PT, DPT
Jonathan McGee, RN, DNP
Shannon Beeley, NP
Sarah Jean Barton, OT, ThD
Lisa Werner, PA
Patrick T. Smith, PhD
Martha Carlough
Brewer Eberly
David Finnegan-hosey
Louisa Olushoga, MD
Neftali Serrano, PsyD
Luke Smith
Bryana Russell
Matt Maher
Caterina Baffa
Martha Carlough
Rebecca Martin
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
ANCC
Attendance
JA Credit - AH
Available Credit
- 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 7.00 ANCC
- 7.00 Attendance
- 7.00 JA Credit - AH
- 7.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™