WJC11 Session 2 - Understanding the Outcomes of Spiritual Care Through the Eyes of Patients

Description:

Overview:
Researching outcomes in spiritual care is a challenging yet highly important part of becoming evidence-based in our chaplaincy practice. What are some of the best methods, and how can those methods respect the sacredness of chaplaincy? This paper illustrates the use of the Scottish PROM (Patient Reported Outcome Measure) to explore the outcomes of spiritual care across a large population. In this session we will discuss outcomes research, the Scottish PROM as a valuable method for outcomes research, and how we work with patients themselves to understand what they need and value in spiritual care. We will discuss strategies to incorporate that into our evidence-based practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the importance of patient perspectives on the outcomes and efficacy of spiritual care
• Introduce the Scottish PROM as one method for gathering patient data on spiritual care outcomes
• Explore how chaplains can apply results from outcomes research into their own evidence-based caregiving

Reading:
Tan H, Rumbold B, Gardner F, Snowden A, Glenister D, Forest A, Bossie C, Wyles L. Understanding the outcomes of spiritual care as experienced by patients. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 2020 Jul 24:1-5. DOI: 10.1080/08854726.2020.1793095

Presenters:
Rev. Marilyn J. D. Barnes MS MA MPH BCC, serves as the Chair of the Department of Patient Counseling within the College of Health Professions at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and the Director of Pastoral Care at VCU Medical Center. She previously served as the Vice President of Mission and Spiritual Care in the Advocate Aurora Health Care System in Illinois. 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 BCC, 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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