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What We Hear and Say: Spiritual Assessment and Documentation

  • Course Author: Brent Peery, BCC
  • Duration: 20 hours - Access for 6 months
  • Type: Self-Paced
  • Category: Essential Spiritual Care
Price:$220

This course, What We Hear and Say: Spiritual Assessment and Documentation, discusses the importance of chaplains and spiritual care providers incorporating into their practice an intentional, informed, and skilled assessment process, along with thorough and clear documentation of their chaplaincy and spiritual care.

 

Learning Objectives

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

    • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the differences and methodologies of spiritual screening, spiritual history, and spiritual assessment.

    • Demonstrate knowledge with one accepted model of spiritual assessment and apply the model appropriately with patients and families within the required time frame of setting.

    • Effectively articulate the spiritual, religious, cultural, existential, emotional, and social needs, resources, and risk factors assessed as well as identify any needed referrals.

    • Understand and demonstrate the characteristics of spiritual reassessments.

    • Demonstrate understanding of the importance of documentation and the requirements of organizational and regulatory guidelines.

    • Summarize best practice for chaplaincy and spiritual care documentation.

 

(Price includes GST and fully subsidised student registration fee)

This course was written by Brent Peery, D.Min., BCC

Chaplain Director Memorial Hermann Healthcare System

Brent Peery, D.Min., BCC is the Director of Chaplaincy Services at Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center in Houston. He enjoys practicing, teaching, and writing on the subject of outcome-oriented chaplaincy. He also serves as a paid consultant and subject matter expert on outcome-oriented chaplaincy for the United States Navy Bureau of Surgery and Medicine. He had 15 years’ experience as a congregational clergyperson before working the last 13 years as a hospital chaplain.

 

  1. Introduction
  2. Definitions
  3. Current State of Chaplaincy/Spiritual Care Assessment
  4. The Case for Conscious Chaplaincy Assessment
  5. Assessing Assessments
  6. Assessment Formats
  7. General Observation
  8. Assessment Models
  9. Choosing an Appropriate Spiritual Assessment Model
  10. Peery’s Approach
  11. Concluding Thoughts on Assessment and an Example
  12. An Overview of Chaplaincy/Spiritual Care Documentation
  13. Documentation Models
  14. Summary
  15. 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

    • 1.7 Information management

    • 2.1 Role clarity

    • 2.3 Integrated care

*Also aligns with Capability Levels 1 (Entry-level) and 2 (Independent Practice)

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

    • Priority 1: Holistic Person-Centred Care

    • Priority 3: Professionalised Workforce
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