WJC08 Session 1 - How Does a Chaplain’s Use of Ritual Assist a Dutch Military Veteran With “Moral Injury”? Using Case Study Research as an Alternative Methodology

Description:

Overview:
Chaplains seek to address moral and spiritual dimensions of those in their care. Navigating an explicit patient request that may be in tension with the chaplain’s spiritual assessment may provide opportunity for an alternative approach and interdisciplinary collaboration. The case study for this webinar reports use of ritual with a Dutch military veteran who suffers traumatization. The chaplain seeks to differentiate between the ritual the patient carried out in creative therapy and the religious ritual the patient requests of the chaplain, considering how each may contribute uniquely to veteran’s healing and sense of meaning. More broadly, the Dutch Case Studies Project in Chaplaincy Care is making an important contribution to chaplaincy as an alternative method in chaplaincy research.

Learning Objectives:

• To become familiar with the use of religious ritual in a behavioral health unit to address past trauma
• To examine patient preferences in regard to these concepts as practiced by providers and interdisciplinary approaches
• To help chaplains develop and maintain research literacy, including the ability to critically read a case study, identify the structure of a case study for publication and, where appropriate, apply the findings to their professional practice

Reading:
Van Loenen, G, J Körver, M Walton, and R De Vries. "Case Study ‘Moral Injury’. Format Dutch Case Studies Project." Health and Social Care Chaplaincy (2017): 281-96. Optional Background about the Dutch Case Studies Project: Walton, Martin, and Jacques Körver. "Dutch Case Studies Project in Chaplaincy Care. A description and theoretical explanation of the format and procedures." Health and Social Care Chaplaincy (2017): 257-80

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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