WJC08 Supplemental Session - Beyond “Either/Or”: Maintaining Chaplaincy Values in Outcome Research

Description:

Overview:
As the field of chaplaincy research expands, so do opinions regarding how to study chaplaincy care and for what purposes. A common difference of opinion exists around whether chaplaincy research ought to be process-oriented or outcome-oriented. Does one of these approaches respect the integrity of chaplaincy more than the other? Are they “incompatible views” or “two sides of a coin”? What are the findings of previous chaplaincy outcome studies? How does chaplaincy research move forward with integrity? This webinar will provide a critical overview of the article and will explore these questions with the article's authors. We will discuss if there might be a way forward by deconstructing the “either/or” approach and promoting the type of nuance central to chaplaincy values.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe arguments for and objections to outcome-oriented approaches to chaplaincy research
• Discuss one or more pitfall(s) of the outcome-oriented model
• Recall one of four suggested approaches to outcomestudies that promotes the integrity of chaplaincy

Reading:
DAMEN, A., SCHUHMANN, C., LEGET, C., & FITCHETT, G. (2019). Can outcome research respect the integrity of chaplaincy? A review of outcome studies. Journal of health care chaplaincy, 1-28

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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