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GWish Summer Institute in Spirituality and Health
Patients often suffer deeply in their lives, experiencing suffering that is both difficult to witness and hard to ease. As a result, physicians and health care workers often avoid those who suffer because they fear there is "nothing they can do." Addressing the spiritual needs of patients at this time can assist them in their suffering.- Christina Puchalski
Welcome!
We are pleased to announce our Summer Institute on Spirituality & Health Care. The Institute will be held on the George Washington University campus in Washington, DC July 12-16, 2010. The Summer Institute is designed for health care practitioners and clinicians of all disciplines, administrators, educators, and others working with patients and families. CME's, nurse contact hours, and continuing education credits for social work and chaplains are offered.
The institute is comprised of two parts: Practice Development and Leadership Development:
Practice Development
- Evidence base for spirituality and health as a field of health care
- Spiritual development, including cultural and religious world views
- Opportunities to practice identifying and responding to spiritual needs and problems with standardized patients, including:
- Interviewing and conducting a spiritual history
- Identifying spiritual problems and distress
- Spiritual care interventions
- Art of healing presence, self-care, and respecting moral boundaries
Leadership Development
- Cultivating and nurturing a culture of spirituality in the workplace
- Strategies for developing and leading change initiatives
- Strategies to meet curricular and training needs of participants' settings
- Methods of gaining support for spirituality initiatives
Institute Faculty
Christina Puchalski, MD, FACP
Founder and Executive Director, GWish
Jean Johnson, PhD, FAAN
Senior Associate Dean for Health Sciences, GW
Benjamin Blatt, MD
Director, Clinical Skills Center, GW
Rev. Cannon Tanya Vonnegut Beck
Rector St. Mark's Episcopal Church--Plainfield, Indiana
Keynote Speakers
Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN
Senior Research Scientist, City of Hope
Rev. George Handzo, BCC
Vice President, Health Care Chaplaincy Pastoral Care, Leadership & Practice
Thomas R. Cole, PhD
Director, Medical Humanities, U Texas, Medical School, Houston
A printable brochure is available here (pdf).
Learn about registration details, CE credits, meals, and accommodations.
