WJC08 Session 3 - How Do Patient-Reported Religious/Spiritual Concerns in an Outpatient Oncology Setting Correspond to Patients’ Acceptance of Chaplain Interventions? Using Tele-chaplaincy as a Novel Approach

Description:

Overview:
Chaplain services are widely available in inpatient medical settings, yet chaplaincy services are not commonly incorporated into outpatient settings. The article for this webinar reports the results of distress screenings and spiritual care interventions in an outpatient oncology setting using retrospective analysis. Selecting religious/spiritual concerns such as isolation, fear of death, and doubts about faith from a list of options on a tablet device, patients’ self-reports informed decisions about which patients were offered spiritual care interventions by telephone. Of particular interest are the intersection of spiritual and mental health concerns in patients with acute disease, as well the novel chaplaincy care intervention of tele-chaplaincy.

Learning Objectives:

• To describe the prevalence and correlates of patient-reported religious/spiritual needs in an outpatient oncology setting
• To explore patient response to a chaplain intervention by telephone
• To help chaplains develop and maintain research literacy, including the ability to critically read research and, where appropriate, apply the findings in their professional practice

Reading:
Petra J. Wahnefried, Kendall Walsh, Danielle M. Boselli, and Patrick Meadors. “Using Patient-Reported Religious/Spiritual Concerns to Identify Patients who Accept Chaplain Interventions in an Outpatient Oncology Setting.

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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