Keynote Address
Chaplaincy and Compassion: Challenges and Interventions
Roshi Joan Jiko Halifax, Ph.D.
Plenary Session
What Does Multidisciplinary Compassionate Care Look Like?
Deborah B. Marin, M.D
Plenary Session
Patient Experience: A Movement of Spirit at the Heart of Health Care
Jason A. Wolf, Ph.D., CPXP
Plenary Session
Chaplains in Health care: Do We Make a Difference?
The Rev. Kathie Bender Schwich, M.Div., FACHE
Plenary Session Presentation
Workshop A4
The Role of the Chaplain in Medical Decision-Making
M. Jeanne Wirspa, MA, BCC, Rebecca Johnson, Ph.D., MSc
Workshop B5
From This Life to the Next and the Next One After That: Diversity in Death and Dying
Michelle K. LaGrone, MDiv, LLP
Workshop C5
Teaching Compassionate Communication to Health Care Professionals
Larry Dawalt, MDiv, CT, CTSS, Robert Michael Smith, M.D., MBA
Workshop D6
An Introduction to the Comprehensive Psycho-Spiritual Clinical Interview
Ralph L. Piedmont
Workshop E3
Exploring Spiritual Challenges with Patients, Families and Interdisciplinary Teams
Kerry Irish, LMSW, OSW-C, Debra Mattison, LNSW, ACSW, OSW-C, Melissa Stewart, LCSW-R
Workshop Presentations - A Series
A1. Exiles in America: An Odyssey of Trauma, Recovery, and Wholeness
Gordon D. Ritchie, BCC, DMin
A2. Promoting Spiritual Care as a Payer: Establishing a New Best Practice in Palliative Medicine
Bruce Smith, M.D., FACP, and LeAnne Spears, MA
A3. And Yet It Was A Blessing: The Case for Existential Maturity
Sarah Sonnefeld, Linda Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.
No presentation available for this workshop
A4. The Role of the Chaplain in Medical Decision-Making
M. Jeanne Wirspa, MA, BCC, Rebecca Johnson, Ph.D., MSc
A5. Intentional Care of the Spirit: The Practice of Faith Community Nursing
Sharon T. Hinton, DMin, RN-BC, MSN
A6. The G-Word: Exploring the Clinical Relevance of Religion & Spirituality in Medical Social Work Practice
Melissa Stewart, LCSW-R
No presentation available for this workshop
Workshop Presentations - B Series
B1. The Conversation Project Model: Partnering with the Hospital to Reduce Readmission Rates through Chaplaincy-Based Advanced Care Planning
Phyllis Coletta, JD, and Rosemary Lloyd
B2. Developing a Volunteer Chaplaincy Program in a Rural Health Care Organization
Tod Clark, MDiv
Volunteer Chaplaincy Training
Calls Cokes Commitments
B3. Telechaplaincy at Clinical Sites and in the Public: Expanding the Reach of Patient-Centered Care
Judy Fleischman, BCC, MS, MDiv
B4. Medicare Access and Children’s Health Reauthorization Act (MCRA) Quality Improvement Program: What Spiritual Care Providers Need to Know
The Rev. George Handzo, BCC CSSBB
B5. From This Life to the Next and the Next One After That: Diversity in Death and Dying
Michelle K. LaGrone, MDiv, LLP
No presentation available for this workshop
B6. Spirituality Matters: Creative Interventions to Address the Needs of Individuals With Chronic Illness
Debra Mattison, LNSW, ACSW, OSW-C
No presentation available for this workshop
Workshop Presentations - C Series
C1. A Transdisciplinary Approach to Chronic Pain: A Clinical Psychologist and a Chaplain Work Together
Linda Golding, MA, BCC, Nomita Sonty, Ph.D., MPhil
No presentation available for this workshop
C2. Strengthening the Work of Chaplaincy Through Advance Care Planning
James A. Kraft, MTh
C3. The Chaplain Family Project: A Spiritual Care Intervention for the Family Members of Critically Ill Patients
Alexia M. Torke, M.D., MS, Saneta Maiko, Ph.D., Emily S. Burke, BA, Beth Newton Watson, MDiv
C4: Developing a Taxonomy for Pediatric Chaplaincy Building on the Advocate Health care Model
Paul Nash, MA
No presentation available for this workshop
C5. Teaching Compassionate Communication to Health Care Professionals
Larry Dawalt, MDiv, CT, CTSS, Robert Michael Smith, M.D., MBA
C6. Providing for the Needs of the Muslim Patient, Family and Community on Palliative Care at the Beginning and End of Life
Al-Hajii Imam Yusuf H. Hasan, BCC
Workshop Presentations - D Series
D1. To Expand, You Must Plan: Developing a Strategic Plan to Grow Your Chaplaincy Department
Imani Jones, MDiv, ThM, BCC
D2. Providing Spiritual Care According to Disease Process
Rich Behers, DMin, BCC, CFHPC
D3. THRIVING FROM WITHIN®: A Logotherapeutic Model for Integrating Spiritual Care in Health Care
Kate Hoffmann, MRE, MSW, LCSW, Nancy Markham Bugbee, PsyD-c, MA, MBA, BCC, Mary Ann Van Buskirk, MA, MDiv, LPC, LMFT
D4. Self-Compassion and Moral Injury
Elaine Yuen, Ph.D.
D5. Practices in Spiritual Care: The Use of Simulation to Instruct Nurses and Nursing Students and Nurses
Cristy DeGregory, Ph.D., RN, Ronit Elk, Ph.D.
D6. An Introduction to the Comprehensive Psycho-Spiritual Clinical Interview Ralph L. Piedmont
Workshop Presentations - E Series
E1. Spirituality and Ethics: A Most Valuable Partnership in Advancing Health Care
Valeri Briggs, MDiv, BCC, and Felicia Cohn, Ph.D.
E2: Simulation as a Component of Chaplain Training
Rev. Kevin Massey, MDiv, BCC, Rev. Marilyn Barnes, MA, BCC
E3. Exploring Spiritual Challenges with Patients, Families and Interdisciplinary Teams
Kerry Irish, LMSW, OSW-C, Debra Mattison, LNSW, ACSW, OSW-C, Melissa Stewart, LCSW-R
No presentation available for this workshop
E4. Lending an Ear, Changing a Life: The UIHC Debriefing Program
Jeremy Hudson, MA, BCC, Noelle K. Andrew, MDiv, BCC
E5. Nurse-Provided Spiritual Care: Practices and Perspectives
Elizabeth Johnston Taylor, Ph.D., RN
E6. Meaning Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers
Allison Applebaum, Ph.D., Rachel Cannady, Katherine Sharpe, MTS
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