Integrating Spirituality into Palliative Care: From Diagnosis to Reflection

Integrating Spirituality into Palliative Care: From Diagnosis to Reflection

Overview

Integrating Spiritual Care into Clinical Care: A Whole Person Model of Care

• Describe the role of spirituality in the care of patients
• Discuss the evidence for spirituality in health care
• Define spirituality
• Review current models of spiritual care
• Appreciate the roles of different health care team members in providing spiritual care

Communication Skills for Spiritual Assessment

• Demonstrate different ways to communicate with patients about their spirituality
• Differentiate spiritual screening, history and assessment
• Utilize the FICA tool in taking a Spiritual History
• Discuss communication strategies for eliciting spiritual issues

Spirituality: An Antidote to Burnout?

• Reflect on the role of your spirituality in your Personal and Professional development
• Discuss what factors contribute to clinician burnout
• Discuss the role of spiritual practices in self care
• Reflect on ways you can integrate spiritual or other practices into your life

Resources

Extended interview with Dr Puchalski - https://youtu.be/mTBki8Ytyrc

Medical Conference 2017 - https://youtu.be/SK0LgFqQ5PE

Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum (ISPEC)

https://smhs.gwu.edu/gwish/interprofessional-spiritual-care-education-curriculum-ispec

Date: 23 May 2018

Time: 9am-4pm

Venue: Boulevard Centre, 99 The Boulevard, Floreat

Guest Speaker: Dr Christina Puchalski MD, MS, FACP, FAAHPM. Founder and Director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish) and Professor of Medicine at George Washington University.