Course Code: PSCC-GWU-INSPR3-V2
Hours: 0.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2035
Learning Objectives:
Describe the nature and causes of suffering
Reflect on the meaning of attending to a patient’s suffering
Define the elements of compassionate presence
Differentiate compassion from compassionate presence
Identify clinical models of compassionate presence
Outline:
Module 3: Compassionate Presence: A Contemplative Approach
1. Module 3: Compassionate Presence: A Contemplative Approach
2. Suffering: Is There No One to Listen?
3. Attending to Suffering
4. Definitions of Compassion, Presence and Contemplative Listening
5. Models and Competencies in Compassion and Compassionate Presence
6. The Link Between Spirituality and Compassionate Presence
7. Compassionate Presence: Contemplative Clinical Approaches
8. Contemplative Models for Compassionate Practice in Clinical Care
9. Conclusion
Instructor: Christina Puchalski, MD, MS, OCDS, FACP, FAAHPM
Christina Puchalski, MD, MS, OCDS, FACP, FAAHPM, is a pioneer and international leader in the movement to integrate spirituality into healthcare in clinical settings and medical education. Dr. Puchalski is the founder and Director of the George Washington University's Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish) and Professor of Medicine at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Puchalski is board certified in palliative care and internal medicine, directs an interdisciplinary outpatient supportive and palliative clinic and is a Medical Hospice Director in Washington, DC.
Through her innovative curricular development including the development of the widely used spiritual history tool FICA she continues to break new ground in the understanding and integration of spiritual care in healthcare settings as an essential element of whole-person care. GWish is recognized for fostering alliances globally to further interprofessional spiritual care including the Global Network for Spirituality and Health.
Dr. Puchalski has authored numerous book chapters and published a book with Oxford University Press entitled Time for Listening and Caring: Spirituality and the Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying. She co-authored Making Health Care Whole with Dr. Betty Ferrell, based on consensus work resulting in guidelines for interprofessional spiritual care. She is co-editor of an international textbook on spirituality and health published by Oxford University Press and the Handbook of Supportive Oncology and Palliative Care: Whole-Person Adult and Pediatric Care.
Her work has been featured on numerous print and television media. Her scholarship focuses on palliative care, spirituality and health and compassionate care as part of whole person health. She is recognized for her work in developing interdisciplinary educational curricula and innovated models of care. In 2018, Dr. Puchalski was named as one of "30 Visionaries" in the field by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Instructor: Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN
Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN, has been in nursing for 40 years and has focused her clinical expertise and research in pain management, quality of life, and palliative care. Dr. Ferrell is the Director of Nursing Research and Education and a Professor at the City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and she has over 400 publications in peer-reviewed journals and texts. She is Principal Investigator of a Research Project funded by the National Cancer Institute on Palliative Care for Patients with Solid Tumors on Phase 1 Clinical Trials and Principal Investigator of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project. She directs several other funded projects related to palliative care in cancer centers and quality of life issues. Dr. Ferrell is Co-Chairperson of the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care. Dr. Ferrell completed a master's degree in Theology, Ethics, and Culture from Claremont Graduate University in 2007. She has authored eleven books including the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing published by Oxford University Press (4th edition published in 2015). She is co-author of the text, The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing published in 2008 by Oxford University Press and Making Health Care Whole: Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care (Templeton Press, 2010). In 2013 Dr. Ferrell was named one of the 30 Visionaries in the field by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Instructor: Najmeh Jafari, MD, MPH, GHC
Najmeh Jafari, MD, MPH, GHC is the Research Program Director at the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish). She is a board-certified Community and Preventive Medicine physician from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Iran and holds a Master of Public Health and Global Health Certificate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMASS). Prior to joining GWish, she served as the Director of communicable and non-communicable diseases; and a Lecturer at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) where she taught bioethics, whole person care, clinical epidemiology, and leadership in public health and preventive medicine to medical and dental students and residents.
Dr. Jafari's primary research interest is improving the bio-psycho-social and spiritual well-being of patients with serious illness and family caregivers through the integration of interprofessional spiritual care and supporting healthcare professionals in their provision of compassionate care. She was the principal investigator of a randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of an integrated spiritual therapy intervention on improving spiritual well-being and quality of life of Muslim women with breast cancer. She has also collaborated in an international study to identify the spiritual care needs and preferences of palliative care patients' and cross-cultural experiences of spiritual care.
Najmeh serves on the Leader's council of the Global Network for Spirituality and Health (GNSAH) and collaborated in developing the Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum (ISPEC) and is actively involved in the evaluation and dissemination of this program.
Dr. Jafari has also participated in the broader academic community through several publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, presentations in national and international conferences, and editorial services.
Instructor: Noreen Chan, FAChPM, FAMS
Noreen Chan, FAChPM, FAMS, obtained her medical training in Singapore, England and Australia, and was Medical Director and CEO of Dover Park Hospice before joining the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) in 2008, where she is now Senior Consultant and Head of the Division of Palliative Care. She heads the multidisciplinary Palliative Service of the National University Hospital, which provides a consultative "shared-care" service to patients spanning a variety of diagnoses, ages and disciplines (including Paediatrics). The Palliative team has also been active in training and capacity-building for other disciplines and settings that care for patients reaching End-of-Life, such as the Emergency Department, Medical ICU and Medical Oncology. Her other appointments include ACP (Advance Care Planning) Lead, NUH; Chair of the Chapter of Palliative Medicine Physicians; Palliative Medicine Curriculum Lead, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Her interests include the interface between Palliative care and Oncology; clinical decision making and ethical issues at the end of life; Spirituality in healthcare; Palliative care education at all levels.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: General Staff; in the following settings: Post-Acute Care.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.