1. Recognize the role of spirituality as an essential component of patient-centered care.
2. Describe spiritual distress in adults and children and distinguish the difference between spiritual distress and other types of distress.
3. Identify communication strategies for eliciting spiritual issues and develop a whole person assessment and treatment or care plan.

Desired Result: 

Anticipated outcomes and impact patient's outcome: Improved symptom management.Improved quality of life. Decreased depression/anxiety. Better physical Well-being. lmproved coping. lncreased adherence to treatment. Better satisfaction with care. Clinicians' Outcomes: lncreased knowledge and skills in promoting spiritual care. lntegrated interprofessional spiritual care into clinical practice. lncreased awareness of their own spirituality as part of their professional development. lncreased satisfaction of work and a call to serve others. lmproved clinicians' well-being and reduced ISPEC's goal is to train clinicians, spiritual care professionals and others in health settings to be able to recognize, address, and attend to the suffering of patients with serious and chronic illness and that of their families, and to help develop environments of care where patients may find their own capacity for healing and whole health. Critical to these outcomes is the creation of culture change where dignity, respect and compassionate presence is the foundation of all care.This program aims to build leaders, consultants, advocates, and knowledgeable clinicians who can educate, empower, and guide other healthcare professionals at their institute in the integration of spiritual care in healthcare.