WJC10 Session 5 - A Survey of the Research on Chaplaincy in the Time of COVID-19: Implications for the Future of Our Profession

Description:

Overview:
COVID-19 radically affected the practice of chaplaincy worldwide, including chaplain staffing, how chaplains communicated with patients: virtually and through the physical barrier of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as well as the role of chaplains in caring for staff. In this session, we will survey high impact papers published to date about chaplaincy in the time of COVID-19 and discuss what the research reveals about the future of chaplaincy, including the innovations that strengthened the profession and the challenges that we continue to face.

Learning Objectives:

• To discuss high-impact research publications about chaplaincy in the time of COVID-19 and what they reveal about chaplains’ experiences worldwide
• To understand different methods used to research the impact of COVID-19 on chaplains and chaplaincy practice
• To identify implications for the future of chaplaincy

Reading:
This session does not have a reading

Presenters:
Rev. Marilyn J. D. Barnes MS MA MPH BCC, is a Vice President of Mission and Spiritual Care in the Advocate Aurora Health Care System in Illinois. She previously served as a Senior Staff Chaplain at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. She is a 2018 Transforming Chaplaincy Fellow graduate. Her research interests include the use of simulation in chaplaincy training and education, the impact of spiritual/religious coping on the association between discrimination and stress among midlife women, and the experiences of health care chaplains of color.

Cate Michelle Desjardins MDiv MPH, is the Executive Director of Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship and convener of the Pediatrics Spiritual Care Research Network. She previously served for five years in various roles at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Her research interests include the role of religion in surrogate decision-making and in coping with caregiving for children with complex medical needs. She completed the Transforming Chaplaincy Research Fellowship in 2019.

Rev. Shelley Varner-Perez MDiv MPH BCC CPH, is Senior Program Manager and Chaplain-Researcher at Indiana University (IU) Health, Indianapolis, as well as an Affiliated Research Scientist in the Center for Aging Research with the Regenstrief Institute. She previously served nine years as a chaplain at VA Portland Health Care System in Portland, Oregon. She completed the Transforming Chaplaincy Research Fellowship in 2019 at the conclusion of a Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology. Her research interests include spiritual care with family surrogate decision-makers and staff support following code blue events, as well as using art to engage those who are non-religious/unaffiliated.

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