WJC11 Session 5 - Developing a Novel Intervention to Address COVID-related Communication Gaps: “This is My Story” as an Evidence-Based Practice

Description:

Overview:
COVID-19 radically affected the practice of chaplaincy worldwide, particularly the ways chaplains support patients’ loved ones and healthcare teams/staff. One such gap was the “humanizing” information loved ones often would share at bedside, absent due to visitor restrictions. During a chaplain-initiated phone call to loved ones, they were asked to describe the patient as a person, leading to a short, edited audio file inserted into the electronic health record (EHR) available to the healthcare team. Utilizing this model, the session will focus on evidence-based practice to promote holistic, humanizing care.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss development of a novel intervention in response to clinical need during a crisis event
• Examine case study methodology as an approach for describing a newly developed intervention
• Describe the contribution to evidence-based spiritual care

Reading:
Tracey E, Crowe T, Wilson J, Ponnala J, Rodriguez-Hobbs J, Teague P. An Introduction to a Novel Intervention, “This is My Story”, to Support Interdisciplinary Medical Teams Delivering Care to Non-Communicative Patients. Journal of religion and health. 2021 Oct;60(5):3282-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01379-3

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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