From the Elective Organizers:

We are thrilled to have you join us.
In this two week elective you will have the opportunity to explore the connection between spirituality, religion and medicine in a way that is dynamic, evidence based and reflective. In this elective, you will review the literature exploring the relationship between spirituality and religion as they relate to health outcomes, patient-centered care and physician wellness. You will explore how your own spiritual and religious practice may contribute to their vocational purpose and wellness and be able to spend time in reflective writing, reading and small group discussion. You will gain a deeper understanding of the concept of suffering that is broadly defined to include spiritual suffering and learn how to utilize chaplains and other community stakeholders in the care of patients with spiritual distress and who request religious accommodation and how to manage patient’s request for prayer. You also will have the opportunity to explore such topics as meditation, prayer, the importance of the body in medicine and broad definitions of health in small group discussion. Opportunity will also be provided for self-directed learning.

The learning outcomes and course objectives are listed below.
If there are any questions, throughout the course, Dr. Collier is available by phone (248-709-4061) or page (13473) or email at any time.
The course materials will be shared through dropbox.
It is very important to carefully read the word document for each day of the course, it it’s corresponding dropbox folder.
***All zoom links have been sent to you as calendar invites by Heidi Mueller. If you have not received them, please email Heidi at [email protected] and cc me. Or call me at 248-709-4061.***

Course Faculty:
Kristin M. Collier, MD, FACP – [email protected] (Course Director). Internal Medicine
Administrative support: Heidi Mueller [email protected]
Adam Baruch, MD – [email protected]. Obstetrics and Gynecology
Phil Choi, MD - [email protected], Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care NYU
Jeremy Baruch, MD [email protected] Psychiatry
Christian Vercler, MD – [email protected]. Surgery.
LJ Brazier --- [email protected], Department of Spiritual Care
Adriana Medina Marin, MD, PhD. – [email protected] Neuroscience
Daniel Cronin, MD – [email protected] Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Steve Telian, MD [email protected] ENT
 
Elective in Spirituality, Religion and Medicine
Intended Learning Outcomes:
1.       Understand current research regarding patient outcomes and spirituality.
2.     Understand how to manage a patient’s request for prayer.
3.       Appreciate the role of an interdisciplinary team in the care of patients requiring religious accommodation and/or experiencing spiritual distress.
4.       Using Cicely Saunders model of “Total Pain” and through selected readings, understand how suffering of patients includes, but is not limited to, physical suffering.
5. Through small group discussion and writing, have an opportunity to contemplate the importance of the body in medicine and different religious and spiritual perspectives on death and dying.
6.       Gain experience in discussing topics with others from different viewpoints.
7.       Reflect on how spirituality and religion may intersect with medical care.
8.       Reflect on how one’s own spirituality affects one’s own wellness.
9.   Have dropbox with articles dedicated to patient outcomes, physician wellness, to add to /refer to in future.
10. Understand the role of the hospital chaplain.
Course Objectives:
Communicate effectively with patients, families and the public across a broad range of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. C-pf
Engage in self-directed learning, reflective practice, guided self-assessment, and receptivity to feedback. PBLI-sl
Gather, organize, interpret patient information about patients and their conditions through history taking, physical examination, and other methods of information gathering. PC-hp
Develop and carry out management plans in collaboration with patients, families and healthcare team. PC-mp
Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors and other sensitive topics. C-dc
Demonstrate compassion, integrity, respect, sensitivity and responsiveness to diverse populations. PR-cd.
Demonstrate the ability to work effectively on inter-professional teams to coordinate care. LTI-ic