Course Catalog
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Click on the links below for a specific area, or visit our Certificate Programs.
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Please note: No printed materials are mailed. All the materials will be provided electronically through SCA's Learning Management System (LMS)
Continuing Nursing Education contact hours are provided in partnership with the Westberg Institute. The Westberg Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider # 018071520.
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These activities are pending approval from the National Association of Social Workers.
Description: This course, Preparation for Standardized Clinical Knowledge Test for Board Certified and Credentialed Chaplains, was primarily developed to assist persons to become prepared for the required standardized testing component of the board certification and credentialing processes of the Spiritual Care Association. Learners will be provided with the learning objectives that are at the core of the standardized test questions in order to focus their learning in areas in which they desire more study. Sample questions are provided; however, they are not actual questions from the standardized test. This course is also designed to provide information and knowledge through an overview of the topics within the Quality Indicators and Scope of Practice developed in 2016 by an international, interdisciplinary panel of experts. These two documents served as the foundation of the evidence-based standardized testing of chaplain knowledge for board certification. Additional study resources will be recommended for each of the components of the documents, not only in the text of the course but in the extensive references section at the end.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course the learner will be able to:
This training was developed in part with the generous support of the Foundation for Spirituality and Medicine.
Description: This course, Chaplaincy Care Volunteer Training, is designed for persons who wish to volunteer their time to a chaplaincy department as a visitor to patients and families within health care settings. It is intended to support the training provided by individual departments, led by a chaplaincy supervisor. The course will provide the knowledge and skills that a volunteer needs in order to be effective as a valuable member of the chaplaincy care team including the role of a volunteer, spirituality and religion, cultural awareness, listening and communication skills, and working with those who are dying and/or grieving.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course the learner will be able to:
Number of Continuing Education Hours: 18