Keynote Address

Chaplaincy and Compassion: Challenges and Interventions
Roshi Joan Jiko Halifax, Ph.D.

Plenary Session

What Does Multidisciplinary Compassionate Care Look Like?
Deborah B. Marin, M.D

Plenary Session

Patient Experience: A Movement of Spirit at the Heart of Health Care
Jason A. Wolf, Ph.D., CPXP

Plenary Session

Chaplains in Health care: Do We Make a Difference?
The Rev. Kathie Bender Schwich, M.Div., FACHE

Plenary Session Presentation

Workshop A4

The Role of the Chaplain in Medical Decision-Making
M. Jeanne Wirspa, MA, BCC, Rebecca Johnson, Ph.D., MSc

Workshop B5

From This Life to the Next and the Next One After That: Diversity in Death and Dying
Michelle K. LaGrone, MDiv, LLP

Workshop C5

Teaching Compassionate Communication to Health Care Professionals
Larry Dawalt, MDiv, CT, CTSS, Robert Michael Smith, M.D., MBA

Workshop D6

An Introduction to the Comprehensive Psycho-Spiritual Clinical Interview
Ralph L. Piedmont

Workshop E3

Exploring Spiritual Challenges with Patients, Families and Interdisciplinary Teams
Kerry Irish, LMSW, OSW-C, Debra Mattison, LNSW, ACSW, OSW-C, Melissa Stewart, LCSW-R

Workshop Presentations - A Series

A1. Exiles in America: An Odyssey of Trauma, Recovery, and Wholeness
Gordon D. Ritchie, BCC, DMin

A2. Promoting Spiritual Care as a Payer: Establishing a New Best Practice in Palliative Medicine
Bruce Smith, M.D., FACP, and LeAnne Spears, MA

A3. And Yet It Was A Blessing: The Case for Existential Maturity
Sarah Sonnefeld, Linda Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.
No presentation available for this workshop

A4. The Role of the Chaplain in Medical Decision-Making
M. Jeanne Wirspa, MA, BCC, Rebecca Johnson, Ph.D., MSc

A5. Intentional Care of the Spirit: The Practice of Faith Community Nursing
Sharon T. Hinton, DMin, RN-BC, MSN

A6. The G-Word: Exploring the Clinical Relevance of Religion & Spirituality in Medical Social Work Practice
Melissa Stewart, LCSW-R
No presentation available for this workshop

Workshop Presentations - B Series

B1. The Conversation Project Model: Partnering with the Hospital to Reduce Readmission Rates through Chaplaincy-Based Advanced Care Planning
Phyllis Coletta, JD, and Rosemary Lloyd

B2. Developing a Volunteer Chaplaincy Program in a Rural Health Care Organization
Tod Clark, MDiv Volunteer Chaplaincy Training
Calls Cokes Commitments

B3. Telechaplaincy at Clinical Sites and in the Public: Expanding the Reach of Patient-Centered Care
Judy Fleischman, BCC, MS, MDiv

B4. Medicare Access and Children’s Health Reauthorization Act (MCRA) Quality Improvement Program: What Spiritual Care Providers Need to Know
The Rev. George Handzo, BCC CSSBB

B5. From This Life to the Next and the Next One After That: Diversity in Death and Dying
Michelle K. LaGrone, MDiv, LLP
No presentation available for this workshop

B6. Spirituality Matters: Creative Interventions to Address the Needs of Individuals With Chronic Illness
Debra Mattison, LNSW, ACSW, OSW-C
No presentation available for this workshop

Workshop Presentations - C Series

C1. A Transdisciplinary Approach to Chronic Pain: A Clinical Psychologist and a Chaplain Work Together
Linda Golding, MA, BCC, Nomita Sonty, Ph.D., MPhil
No presentation available for this workshop

C2. Strengthening the Work of Chaplaincy Through Advance Care Planning
James A. Kraft, MTh

C3. The Chaplain Family Project: A Spiritual Care Intervention for the Family Members of Critically Ill Patients
Alexia M. Torke, M.D., MS, Saneta Maiko, Ph.D., Emily S. Burke, BA, Beth Newton Watson, MDiv

C4: Developing a Taxonomy for Pediatric Chaplaincy Building on the Advocate Health care Model
Paul Nash, MA
No presentation available for this workshop

C5. Teaching Compassionate Communication to Health Care Professionals
Larry Dawalt, MDiv, CT, CTSS, Robert Michael Smith, M.D., MBA

C6. Providing for the Needs of the Muslim Patient, Family and Community on Palliative Care at the Beginning and End of Life
Al-Hajii Imam Yusuf H. Hasan, BCC

Workshop Presentations - D Series

D1. To Expand, You Must Plan: Developing a Strategic Plan to Grow Your Chaplaincy Department
Imani Jones, MDiv, ThM, BCC

D2. Providing Spiritual Care According to Disease Process
Rich Behers, DMin, BCC, CFHPC

D3. THRIVING FROM WITHIN^®: A Logotherapeutic Model for Integrating Spiritual Care in Health Care
Kate Hoffmann, MRE, MSW, LCSW, Nancy Markham Bugbee, PsyD-c, MA, MBA, BCC, Mary Ann Van Buskirk, MA, MDiv, LPC, LMFT

D4. Self-Compassion and Moral Injury
Elaine Yuen, Ph.D.

D5. Practices in Spiritual Care: The Use of Simulation to Instruct Nurses and Nursing Students and Nurses
Cristy DeGregory, Ph.D., RN, Ronit Elk, Ph.D.

D6. An Introduction to the Comprehensive Psycho-Spiritual Clinical Interview Ralph L. Piedmont

Workshop Presentations - E Series

E1. Spirituality and Ethics: A Most Valuable Partnership in Advancing Health Care
Valeri Briggs, MDiv, BCC, and Felicia Cohn, Ph.D.

E2: Simulation as a Component of Chaplain Training
Rev. Kevin Massey, MDiv, BCC, Rev. Marilyn Barnes, MA, BCC

E3. Exploring Spiritual Challenges with Patients, Families and Interdisciplinary Teams
Kerry Irish, LMSW, OSW-C, Debra Mattison, LNSW, ACSW, OSW-C, Melissa Stewart, LCSW-R
No presentation available for this workshop

E4. Lending an Ear, Changing a Life: The UIHC Debriefing Program
Jeremy Hudson, MA, BCC, Noelle K. Andrew, MDiv, BCC

E5. Nurse-Provided Spiritual Care: Practices and Perspectives
Elizabeth Johnston Taylor, Ph.D., RN

E6. Meaning Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers
Allison Applebaum, Ph.D., Rachel Cannady, Katherine Sharpe, MTS