Delivery and Continuity of Care for Spiritual Care

Course Author: The Rev. Sue Wintz, M.Div., BCC
Duration: 25 hours - Access for 6 months
Type: Self-Paced
Category: Spiritual Care Management Training

Price:$420

Member Price:$230

This course, Delivery and Continuity of Care for Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care will guide the learner through an overview of health care delivery and continuity of care with information, activities, and resources to increase understanding of the United States system. It will also encourage the learner to consider how chaplaincy and spiritual care is, is not, or can be delivered and continued throughout a person’s experience and health care journey. Learners will be provided with opportunities to articulate their new knowledge and consider practical ways to integrate it into their scope of practice, provision of care, best practices, and protocols as well as for consideration for quality improvement and research projects.

Note: This module is quite specific to the US context.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course the learner will be able to:

Describe the components of the health care delivery system in the United States.
Identify the factors that impact continuity of care including barriers, challenges, and opportunities.
Understand the elements of patient centered care.
Describe the components of multidisciplinary teamwork and the contributions of chaplains.
Identify and execute best practices for improving delivery and continuity of chaplaincy care.

1. Health Care Delivery in the United States
2. Main Characteristics of the U.S. Health Care System
3. S. Health Care Delivery Subsystems
4. Barriers in Health Care Delivery
5. Continuity of Care
6. Patient-Centered Care
7. Working with the Interdisciplinary Team
8. Chaplains and Delivery of Care
9. Summary
10. References

Aligns with the following Sub-domains in SHA’s Capability Framework for Spiritual Care Practitioners in Health (2020):

1.1 Plan and prepare
1.2 Client engagement
1.3 Perform and deliver
1.4 Monitor and review
1.5 Evidence-based practice
1.6 Quality care and risk management
1.7 Information management
2.1 Role clarity
2.2 Workplace communication
2.3 Integrated care
2.4 Conflict management
2.5 Reflective practice
3.1 Equity and diversity
3.2 Wellbeing and holistic care
3.3 Responsible use of resources
4.1 Ethical and legal practice
4.3 Accountability
5.2 Self-reflection
5.3 Professional networking

*Also aligns with Capability Levels 3 (Service Coordination) and 4 (Strategic Management)

Aligns with the following Priorities in the National Model for Spiritual Care in Health:

Priority 1: Holistic Person-Centred Care
Priority 2: Integrated Governance
Priority 3: Professionalised Workforce