Click on the links below for a specific area, or visit our Certificate Programs.

• General Spiritual Care for Chaplaincy
• Palliative Care
• Spiritual Care for Nurses
• Spiritual Care for Social Workers
• Preparation for Board Certification or Credentialing
• Chaplaincy Care Volunteer Training
• First Responder Chaplains

Self-Guided General Spiritual Care for Chaplaincy Courses

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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)

Self-Guided Palliative Care Courses

Self-Guided Courses for First Responder Chaplain Courses

Self-Guided Courses for Nurses

Spiritual Care Association Nursing Division is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Provider #P0623.

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Self-Guided Courses for Social Workers

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:

• Name the learning objectives used in the standardized test for board certification and chaplain credentialing.
• Define evidence-based competency in chaplaincy practice and provide examples.
• Describe each of the Quality Indicators and the knowledge required to demonstrate an understanding of each.
• Distinguish the competencies identified in the Scope of Practice and articulate methods by which to integrate them into one’s professional practice.
• Identify additional book and article resources and ways in which to locate them to increase one’s knowledge in preparation for the standardized certification exam.

Members $145 Non-members $345

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:

• Articulate the role of chaplaincy care volunteers in a health care setting.
• Describe the components of a visit with patients and/or families.
• Summarize the differences between spirituality and religion, spiritual well-being and spiritual distress.
• Employ effective listening skills including attending, active listening, building rapport, and responding.
• Identify issues important to the provision of culturally sensitive care.
• Distinguish important skills to employ when visiting persons with physical health issues including visual and hearing impairments.
• Recognize the spiritual issues that arise in dying, death, grief, and bereavement

Number of Continuing Education Hours: 18

Members $145 Non-members $345