GWish Summer Institute in Spirituality and Health
Information about the 2012 Summer Institute coming soon!
Interprofessional spiritual care—the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients’ spiritual needs in the context of their physical and emotional needs—is the focus of the 3rd annual Spirituality and Health Care Summer Institute sponsored by the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish).1
Participants work in small interprofessional groups to learn about and practice taking a spiritual history or assessment, and then work together to diagnose spiritual distress and develop treatment plans for cases presented with standardized patients. Participants also explore the role of their own spirituality in the context of their call to serve and patient relationships. The integration of spiritual care in outpatient and inpatient clinical settings is addressed with implementation models for clinical settings.
Community
Physicians, chaplains, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, administrators, educators—everyone working for a better healthcare environment for patients, families, and one another.
Keynote Addresses
Carolyn Jacobs, MSW, PhD, Dean and Elizabeth Marting Treuhaft Professor, Smith College
Ann Berger, MD, MSN, Chief, Pain and Palliative Care Service, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health
Faculty
Christina M. Puchalski, MD, FACP, Director of GWish and Professor of Medicine, George Washington University
Rev. George Handzo, BCC, CSBB, Vice President, Chaplaincy Care Leadership and Practice, The Healthcare Chaplaincy
James L. Griffith, MD, Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, George Washington University
Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, OSW-C, Senior Research Specialist, City of Hope National Medical Center
Edward O’Donnell, MA, Educator and Spiritual Director
Carol Taylor, PhD, MSN, Director, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University
Rev. Canon Tanya Vonnegut Beck, Episcopal Priest, Professional Executive Coach
Agenda
Mon, July 25: What Is Spiritual Care?
Tue, July 26: Interprofessional Spiritual Care Model
Wed, July 27: Spiritual Care in the Treatment Plan
Thur, July 28: Leadership in the Workplace
Fri, July 29: Best Practices and Quality Improvements
Continuing Education Credit
The George Washington University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians (category 1 credit of the Physician Recognition Award™ of the American Medical Association). The George Washington University Medical Center also is an approved provider (VNA-CEA provider number VNA# 09-04-01) of continuing nursing education by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. For individuals seeking continuing education credit for other professions, the George Washington University Medical Center offers a certificate of attendance.
Registration Fee
The 2011 registration fee is $1,055 ($955 if payment is received by May 15, 2011). The registration fee includes continuing education credit, the 5-day program, breakfast each morning, and morning and afternoon snacks. Please complete and return the registration form with your payment.
Download the Registration Form.
Requests for full registration fee refunds will be honored if received in writing on or before June 15, 2011. We regret that refunds received after that date, even if postmarked earlier, will not be honored. Please call 202-994-6220 for an email address or fax number you may use to submit a refund request prior to or on June 15, 2011.
On-Campus Housing (new for 2011)
On-campus housing is available for Summer Institute participants in apartments in Schenley Hall, less than a one-block walk from the Marvin Center and near many restaurants, a new Whole Foods, and the metro in the Foggy Bottom area of Washington, DC.
Each room has a private bathroom, refrigerator, stove, extra-long twin bed, desk, chair, and wireless internet service. The building is accessed with a security card; rooms have individual keys. One linen service—two flat sheets, a blanket, pillow, pillow case, and two towels—is included. Reservations are on a first come, first serve basis; the number of rooms is limited. Check in is between 3 and 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 24; check out is by 11 a.m. on Friday, July 29. The cost for the 5-night stay is $395; we are unable to accommodate stays of less than 5 nights. All rooms are single occupancy. The building is adults-only.
To reserve your room, please complete the Housing Request Form and return it with full payment. Priority will be given to individuals who also submit the registration form and their registration fee. All housing request forms must be received with full payment by May 15, 2011 (also the deadline for the discounted registration fee). Written housing cancellation requests received on or before June 15 will be honored for 50 percent of the housing cost. Unfortunately, no refunds will be made for housing cancellation requests received after June 15, 2011. Please call 202-994-6220 for an email address or fax number you may use to submit a housing cancellation request prior to or on June 15, 2011.
A list of nearby hotels is provided by the University. A list of local restaurants will be provided at registration.
For additional information, contact GWish at (202) 994-6220.
Download a printable flyer about the Summer Institute.
1The interprofessional spiritual care model is a process of discovery, collaborative dialogue, treatment, and ongoing evaluation and follow up based on patients’ spiritual needs. For additional information on the interprofessional spiritual care model please see (1) Puchalski, C.M. & Ferrell, B. (2010). Making Healthcare Whole: Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care, West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Press, p. 68; and (2) Puchalski, C.M., Ferrell, B., Virani, R., Otis-Green, S., Baird, P., Bull, J., Chochinov, H., Handzo, G., Nelson-Becker, H., Prince-Paul, M., Pugliese, K., and Sulmasy, D. (2009). Improving the quality of spiritual care as a dimension of palliative care: The Report of the Consensus Conference. J Palliat Med, 12(10), 885-904.
