Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum Virtual (ISPEC) - October 2023
Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum Virtual (ISPEC) is a two day, onsite program focusing on leadership skills, institutional culture change,goal development, and integration of spiritual care into clinical practice and education,including assessment and treatment planning. It is an interactive training course facilitated by global leaders in the field of inter-professional spiritual care. Participants will learn how to integrate spirituality into their everyday practice through presentations, role-playing with‘patients,’ and small group discussions.
Target Audience
Clinicians from different professions (Medicine, Nursing, Social work, Psychology, Physical therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant, etc.) who work with patients with chronic and serious diseases are eligible to apply. Each organization’s team will ideally include one clinician and one chaplain.
Learning Objectives
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.
Available Credit
- 12.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 12.50 Completion