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Chaplaincy Core Competencies

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Chaplaincy Competencies Palliative CareNew Competencies Address Professional Chaplains’ Important Role in the Delivery of Palliative Care

California State University Institute for Palliative Care and HealthCare Chaplaincy Network Release Palliative Care Competencies for Professional Health Care Chaplains

New York, N.Y. & San Diego, CA – December 7, 2015 csupalliativecare.org. The consistent delivery of evidence-informed practice in any discipline of health care requires the definition of competencies that must be met. Competencies define skills and attributes that staff, from physicians to dietary aids, are expected to meet in the daily performance of their responsibilities.

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Advanced Chaplaincy Certificate

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Spiritual Palliative CareChaplaincy Palliative Care Specialists:
A Roadmap for Professional Growth

A good roadmap will lead you on a logical path to your destination. That is why we have created the following roadmap for you to compare these two distinct courses. The first section below describes our foundational course, Palliative Care Chaplaincy Specialty Certificate. It is required that you complete this course first (or have obtained Board certification from a professional chaplaincy association) then follow it with the Advanced Palliative Care Chaplaincy Specialty Certificate, the second section of the page below. Please note: These courses are no longer being offered. New courses in chaplaincy will be available in the fall of 2018. 

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Chaplains, Palliative Care, and Disability

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Gunnar A. CerdaPatient Experience and the Language of Disability

Gunnar A. Cerda, BCC, is the Manager of Pastoral Care for OhioHealth Grady Memorial Hospital in Delaware, Ohio.

On my way back home from the APC Annual Conference, I was reflecting on the plenary keynote regarding Patient Experience. Dr. James Merlino (Cleveland Clinic) invited us to frame patient experience not simply as customer service, but as an empathetic response to the situation and feelings the patient is experiencing. In other words, our role can be significant when we engage with patients, families, staff, etc. from a touch point of understanding their experience while they are within our care, instead of through a survey after discharge.

I was also reflecting on a recent PlainViews article written by Sue Wintz (May 21, 2014 Vol. 11. No. 9), about the language we use. Sue was referencing the militaristic language of “battling” an illness, and the “struggle” and suggested that there might be more helpful words that we could use.

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How to Care for Anxiety – Pastors and Chaplains

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Kyle-D-JohnsonPastoral Care of Anxiety Problems

Guest Editorial by Kyle D Johnson
Disciples Minister and a Visiting Professor at Jarvis Christian College in Hawkins, TX

Debbie tells the chaplain about a problem. She is constantly fearful and fears something terrible is waiting for her in her future. The chaplain inquires about Debbie’s fears. She has fears about her marriage, her family, her work, her home, her church, her community, her bills, her car, her clothes, her friends, and how the chaplain will respond to her.

Debbie nervously glances around as she speaks. The chaplain almost gets lost in Debbie’s list. One item missing from the story is, “Where are Debbie and the chaplain?” The answer almost is irrelevant because persons with anxiety problems can be found everywhere. Admittedly, Debbie is an exaggerated example although some chaplains might think, “Yes, I have known such a person.”

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Social Work Paves the Way for Change: Palliative Care

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Helen McNeal Executive DirectorSocial Work, Chaplaincy, and Palliative Care: A Roundtable Conversation

By Helen McNeal, Executive Director, CSU Institute for Palliative Care

In palliative care, social workers and chaplains can be seen as ancillary members of the team. I invited my friends George Handzo, director of Health Services Research and Quality for Health Care Chaplaincy in New York City, and Gary Gardia, a hospice and palliative care consultant and the course director for the Post-MSW Certificate in Palliative Care to talk about this important topic in a piece published this month by the National Association of Social Workers’ 2015 Cross Sections Newsletter.

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