2010-2011 Ethics & Spiritual Care Champions

January 29, 2010

Dear NACC Members,

Philip J. Boyle, Ph.D., Vice President, Mission & Ethics, Catholic Health East, released on January 21, 2010, information for two separate year-long programs: Ethics Champions and Spiritual Care Champions.

This collaboration among several Catholic healthcare systems is now in its 8th year and it reaches over 200 sites across the country. This collaboration had been made possible by the many generous, talented colleagues across a significant number of systems.

His memo requested that it be shared it with local groups including Directors of Spiritual Care, Chaplains, Ethics Committee Chairpersons, and those who have served as primary contact persons for this program in the past, as well as a special outreach to our NACC membership.

Working behind the scenes many of the system ethicists have developed and will deliver the Ethics Champions Program. In the Spiritual Care Champions Program the planners have had expert leadership from many of systems who developed and will deliver a two-year program in collaboration with NACC. Philip expressed his sincerest gratitude for their generosity and others within their system, as well as to the NACC.
So what’s new in the programs?
• First and foremost, registration is only through PayPal. The links and directions are found at CHE’s Ethics Toolbox and Mission Integration Toolbox. (See instructions below)
• You can register for a subscription of 12 lectures for $180 until to March 15th. After March 15th, registration will be only be possible for individual lectures each month at a cost of $18 through PayPal. Registration for individuals lectures closes about 1 ½ days before the monthly lecture.
• Webinars are now “operated assisted” reducing the chance of the infamous “Placing us on hold”; however, the new service has substantially increased the calls’ costs.
• NACC chaplains will join the ranks and increase the attendance.

Beyond the audiences these programs were intended, they have heard innovative ways that sites are using this opportunity. Since the objectives and bios are all prepared, medical and nursing education are seeking CME/CEU with their states. Others are using the Spiritual Care Champions to educate pastoral volunteers. The list goes on. Philip invites us, as participants to let him know of innovative uses that we encounter. You can contact him at pboyle@che.org.

It is NACC desire that as many members as possible will be able to take advantage of these excellent programs.
David Lichter, Executive Director

2010-2011 Ethics & Spiritual Care Champions

Welcome to the new year of Ethics & Spiritual Care Champions! You may find the schedule and registration information for each program by following the links below.

Spiritual Care Champions:
Please note that National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) has joined us in the development and promotion of this year’s programming!
        The main access page is www.che.org/mission. You may access specific documents as follows:

        Schedule - www.che.org/mission/index.php?id=46
        Registration - www.che.org/mission/index.php?id=46

Ethics Champions:
        The main access page is www.che.org/ethics. You may access specific documents as follows:

         Schedule - www.che.org/ethics/index.php?id=6
         Registration - www.che.org/ethics/index.php?id=28

Please note that we will only accept credit cards for upcoming registrations. We apologize for any inconvenience. Handling checks became too cumbersome and caused much confusion in the registration process. You may either register through PayPal, or you may call Margy Bott at 610-355-2065, with your credit card information. More information, including information about PayPal, is available at the registration links provided above.

For either program (ethics or spiritual care) you may sign up for a yearly subscription (12 webinars) for $180, or you may sign up for individual webinars for $18 each. Registration covers the cost of one phone line. Yearly registration begins January 19th, 2010, and ends March 15th, 2010. Registration for individual webinars will be available after March 15th, 2010. Individual webinar registrations will open each month (after the previous topic has been presented) and will close the Monday, at noon, before the presentation on Wednesday. Please note that there will be no exceptions to these deadlines. For both individual and yearly registrations, emails with the PowerPoint and login information will be sent the day before the presentation.

We look forward to another exciting year of programming. We appreciate your continued participation and feedback as we evolve and grow these programs.

Philip Boyle, PhD
Vice President, Mission & Ethics
610-355-2063
pboyle@che.org

Master of Arts in Bioethics
Loyola Marymount University

MISSION STATEMENT
The graduate program in bioethics at Loyola Marymount University is a distinctive program of studies leading to the Master of Arts degree. It seeks to provide graduate educational opportunities that will enable students to reflect systematically on contemporary issues in bioethics and healthcare principally through the prism of the intellectual heritage of the Roman Catholic philosophical and theological tradition. It also seeks to promote an awareness of social justice in the delivery of healthcare. The Master’s program is multidisciplinary and encourages learning and thinking from an interdisciplinary perspective, and it fosters the critical analysis of bioethical topics through the interplay between moral theory and medical practice. For those interested in pursuing a PhD in bioethics, it will prepare them well to enter into a doctoral program at another institution.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
• A completed application to the Master of Arts in Bioethics Program.
• Two official copies of transcripts of each college or university attended as evidence of a baccalaureate degree or equivalent from an accredited institution.
• The General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Miller Analogies Test (Waived for applicants who already have a terminal degree, e.g., MD or JD, or who already have a graduate degree, e.g., M.A.) (In most cases, the MCAT or LSAT tests can be substituted for the GRE exam).
• Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0.
• Two letters of recommendation from persons acquainted with the applicant’s professional and academic background.
• A personal statement, of no more than four typed single-spaced pages, addressing the following three areas: 1. the applicant’s academic and/or professional background; 2. why the applicant wishes to pursue graduate studies in bioethics at LMU; and 3. how the applicant intends to use the degree after graduation.
• Personal Interview (In some cases, this can be done over the phone).

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Financial assistance is available to all Bioethics Graduate students, based upon financial need and merit. Graduate Research Assistantships are available and are awarded normally for a two-year period to full-time graduate students.

APPLICATION
All applicants for admission to the Master of Arts in Bioethics Program are required to submit a Graduate Division application along with a $50.00 fee.

Students may take graduate courses for non-degree status with permission of the Graduate Program Administrator and the Professor. Only two non-degree status courses may apply toward the Master of Arts in Bioethics degree.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Prerequisite Course: BIOX 805 Survey Course in Bioethics for Healthcare and Legal Professionals: 0 hours

Required Core Courses in Bioethics: 15 hours
• BIOE 600 Methodological Issues in Bioethics
• BIOE 610 Theological Issues in Bioethics
• BIOE 620 Jurisprudence & Healthcare Law
• BIOE 630 Topics in Bioethics
• BIOE 640 Clinical Bioethics and Religious Traditions

Required General Ethics Courses: 6 hours
• BIOE 660 Ethical Theories in Bioethics
• BIOE 670 Foundations of Theological Ethics

Elective Courses: 9 hours
• BIOE 650 Introduction to Clinical Medicine [Students who do not have a sufficient background in clinical medicine/nursing must take this course as one of their electives.]

For further information or to request an application to the Master of Arts in Bioethics Program, contact:

Telephone: (310) 338-4205
Office Location: University Hall 4500
Fax: (310) 258-8642
Website: www.lmu.edu/bioethics
Graduate Program Administrator: Karen Pavic-Zabinski
Telephone: (310) 338-1740
Email: kpavicza@lmu.edu

Graduate Certificate in Bioethics
The Bioethics Institute at Loyola Marymount University

MISSION STATEMENT
The Graduate Certificate in Bioethics offers a distinctive program of studies to prepare healthcare professionals (e.g. physicians, nurses, clinical social workers, pastoral care personnel, hospital administrators, etc.) to serve on a medical center bioethics committee. The Program is also intended to prepare individuals to deal with the complexities of bioethical issues arising in clinical practice and to become leaders in decision-making about bioethical problems in their respective institutions.

INTENDED AUDIENCE
• Applicants who possess a background in healthcare and/or who intend to seek a career or vocation as a health care professional.
• Applicants who are currently working or seeking to work as a member of a bioethics committee or consultation team as a physician, nurse, chaplain, hospital administrator, or social worker in a medical setting.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
• A completed application to the Certificate in Bioethics Program.
• Two official copies of transcripts of each college or university attended as evidence of a baccalaureate degree or equivalent from an accredited institution.
• Two letters of recommendation.
• A personal statement, of no more than four typed single-spaced pages, addressing the following three areas: 1. the applicant’s academic and/or professional background; 2. why the applicant wishes to pursue graduate certificate studies in bioethics at LMU; and 3. how the applicant intends to use the certification upon graduation.

APPLICATION
All applicants for admission to the Graduate Certificate in Bioethics are required to submit a Graduate Division application along with a $50.00 fee.

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN BIOETHICS REQUIREMENTS
General Concentration in Bioethics
Required Courses (3)
• BIOX 806 Fall Survey Course in Bioethics for Healthcare and Legal Professionals
• BIOE 620 Jurisprudence & Healthcare Law
• BIOE 600 Methodological Issues in Bioethics or
• BIOE 660 Ethical Theories in Bioethics

Elective Course (1)
• BIOE 604 Medical Anthropology and Bioethics or
• BIOE 610 Theological Issues in Bioethics or
• BIOE 633 Social Justice and Bioethics or
• BIOE 635 Organizational Ethics and Healthcare

Concentration in Catholic Bioethics
Required Courses (3)
• BIOX 806 Fall Survey Course in Bioethics for Healthcare and Legal Professionals
• BIOE 620 Jurisprudence & Healthcare Law
• BIOE 670 Foundations of Theological Ethics

Elective Course (1)
• BIOE 600 Methodological Issues in Bioethics or
• BIOE 604 Medical Anthropology and Bioethics or
• BIOE 610 Theological Issues in Bioethics or
• BIOE 633 Social Justice and Bioethics or
• BIOE 635 Organizational Ethics and Healthcare or
• BIOE 660 Ethical Theories in Bioethics

For further information or to Request an Application to the Graduate Certificate in Bioethics program, please contact:
Graduate Program Administrator
K. Pavic-Zabinski, RN, MSN, CCRN, MBA, MA
Telephone: (310) 338-1740 Fax: (310) 258-8642
Email: kpavicza@lmu.edu Office Location: University Hall, 4517
Website: www.lmu.edu/bioethics

Step by Step Retreats

This website presents a framework for a self-guided retreat based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. The retreat will consist of 32 Steps divided in four Phases (plus the “Contemplation to Attain the Love of God” leading to the aftermath of the retreat). Each Step is built up so that with the help of the given material you can do one or more sessions consisting of prayer, meditation, reflection, and sharing if more than one person does the retreat together. Whatever from this material is more significant for you, stay with it as long as you feel, do repetitions if you wish so to get the more fruit that is possible out of each Step.

www.stepbystepretreats.webs.com

Pentecost Mission: Basic adult religious education series

Cardinal Stritch University
Saint Clare Center for Ministry Formation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

$25.00 per course/$200 for all eight courses

Pre-registration is required. To pre-register, contact 414-410-4405 or mafoley@stritch.edu

Click here for more information (pdf file).

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PASTORAL THEOLOGY

THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION IN HEALTH CARE CONTEXTS
Instructor: Patricia O’Connell Killen
4 day intensive: Friday and Saturday, 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m., June 19 – 20 and July 10 -11
Health care ministers are called to be conduits of God's love in the lives of human beings who are immersed in the mystery of living and dying. Remaining fully present to brothers and sisters who are suffering can be draining, even as interactions with them can be moments of profound grace for ministers. In this course health care ministers will experience how the practice of theological reflection can help them to remain grounded in the richness of their faith tradition and so help them sustain their energy for ministry. Health care ministers also will learn strategies for reflection that can help them expand their range of options for assisting those with whom they work to articulate more fully the meaning of their healing, suffering, or dying.

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND ITS HISTORY: Grace, Christ and the Spirit
Instructors: Robert Ludwig and Heidi Russell
May 18 – August 7, 2009
Today many Christians have little or no understanding of how the New Testament experience became translated into Christian doctrine; many have little or no insight into how Christian theology today understands the dynamics of sin and grace, the notion of salvation, the role of Jesus Christ as understood by Christian faith. This course is an overview of fundamental Christian theology--from the New Testament, to Augustine, to Aquinas, to Karl Rahner--focused on the core doctrines of grace, Christ, and Trinity. Students will pursue an understanding of the experiential foundations of core Christian doctrine and see the evolution of interpretation from early centuries to the present. Much of the course will explore contemporary, pastoral understandings of Christian doctrine. We will move between experience and doctrine and back to experience, helping students gain insight into both as they come to understand the dynamic process that leads from experience to doctrine-and, in theology, back again to experience and to ministry. What theologians refer to as "soteriology"--theology of salvation--is the heart of this course, which will involve significant reading and writing assignments as well as in-class discussions. This is a basic theology course for anyone involved in Christian ministry.

INTRODUCTION TO THEOLOGY AND MINISTRY
Instructor: Matthew Schwartz
6 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday nights, 6:00p.m. – 9:00p.m., on: June 16 + 18, June 23 + 25, June 30 + July 2, July 7 + 9, July 14 + 16, July 21 + 23, 2009
An introduction for ministry students, this course sets the tone for the interplay between tradition and ministry, theology and practice. Students focus on method and skills, learning to think critically about the tradition and relate it effectively to ministry contexts today. The course has three parts: 1) What is theology? 2) Exploring theological method, including the Art of Theological Reflection, and 3) Theology of ministry. Students reflect on the importance of critical theory for theology and examine various theological methods, each emphasizing the interplay between experience and tradition. The major theological shifts introduced by the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) lead into the course focus on ministry. How do we understand the task of ministry today? Connecting our own charisms with the needs of the faith community in service to the reign of God, ministry is both universal (a mandate given in baptism to all the baptized) and skilled profession. The course concludes with a section on theological reflection and practical theology-how do we think on our feet as pastoral theologians and ministry professionals, relating the tradition to our own experience and to our ministry contexts?

SCRIPTURE

CHRISTIAN ORIGINS: An Exploration of the New Testament
Instructor: Robert A. Ludwig
3 weeks, Monday through Thursday, 9:00a.m. – 11:30a.m. on: June 15 - 18, June 22 - 25 , and *June 29 – July 2nd
The focus of this course is the faith experience that stands at the beginning of the Christian tradition. What happened in Galilee twenty centuries ago? How was it interpreted by the first Christians? What was that world like—in the Jewish homeland, and in the larger Mediterranean world? In order to understand what happened and how it was interpreted, what do we need to know about the Jewish context of Christian beginnings—about what is known as “the Second Temple period” or “Post-Exilic Judaism,” about the Roman occupation of the Jewish homeland and its social, economic, and political impact on the Jewish people? What about the translation of the message of Jesus and the communities that believed in him into the larger Greco-Roman world? How was Jesus interpreted in the communities that Paul founded and supported? Finally, what does knowing about Christian origins—understanding the New Testament texts in their original context—mean for our own faith and our work in ministry today?

THE LITERATURE OF ANCIENT ISRAEL, 2 sections
Instructor: Paula Hiebert
6 Wednesdays, 9:00a.m. – 4:00p.m. on: May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24, and July 1 OR Online
Instructor: Richard Ascough
Term: A (May 18 – June 29)
This course is an introduction to the Old Testament, the sacred literature of both Christians and Jews. We will examine texts from the Pentateuch, the historical and the prophetic books, and the wisdom books.that contain the record of Israel’s relation with its God, a record that for Christians forms the prelude to the Christ event. In order to reconstruct the meaning of Old Testament texts for their original audiences, we will employ the methods of modern critical biblical scholarship. The aim of our efforts to recover the ancient cultural, religious, and literary contexts of the Old Testament is the authentic appropriation of this literature in our present-day contexts of pastoral ministry and personal spiritual growth.

SPIRITUALITY

CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY AND THE EMOTIONS
Instructors: Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead
2 weeks, Monday – Thursday, 8:30a.m. – 12:30p.m., June 22 – July 2
This course explores emotions as companions on the spiritual journey. Sessions will draw resources from the Judeo-Christian spiritual tradition, in dialogue with the findings of contemporary psychological and cultural research, to trace the contribution of emotions to both personal and communal life. Recognizing emotions as more than “private feelings,” we will examine their role as social instincts and strategies of integrity. Special consideration will be given to the emotional dimensions of spiritual transformation—the ways that emotions link us to others, to God and to neglected parts of ourselves. The goal is to support a spirituality of passionate living. Designed for persons involved in ministries of spiritual direction, pastoral counseling, and adult formation in faith in parish, retreat and campus settings, the sessions will be useful as well for reflection on one’s own journey of faith.

FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY
Instructor: Stephen Krupa. S.J.
May 18 – August 7, 2009
The foundational event in Christian spirituality (i.e., in the ‘lived experience of Christian faith’) is the Incarnation, God taking flesh in the person of Jesus Christ. From this event Christian spirituality has evolved over time, with a variety of expressions, in response to specific social and cultural events and contexts. This course will focus on the foundational event of life in Christ as Christians have lived it over the centuries and as they live it today in our world. Topics include the life and message of Jesus Christ, discipleship in Christ, the ecclesial dimension of Christian spirituality, definitions of spirituality, the relationship of spirituality to theology and its place in the academy, the history of Christian spirituality, and spirituality and social justice. Specific attention will be paid to the variety of expressions and current concerns of Christian spirituality in the United States. What do the present age and the cultural context of America ask of Christians today?

MINISTRY

HIV/AIDS: Pastoral Issues and Strategies
Online Instructor: Daniel Lunney
May 18 – August 7, 2009
The HIV/AIDS pandemic has challenged us right to the very core of what it means to be church for the last 27 years. This course will provide students with an opportunity to address the pastoral and ethical challenges inherent in responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The focus will be both domestic and global with emphasis on Catholic and other Christian perspectives. HIV/AIDS forces us to look at issues of stigma, poverty, racism, homophobia, sexuality, inequitable distribution of resources, power imbalances in relationships, grief, suffering, the nature of illness and death. This will be structured as a distance-learning course and will utilize videos, internet discussion and postings, excellent books and thought-provoking assignments to engage the students in applied theology. Students will have the opportunity to utilize both pastoral and social justice analysis to discover responses to HIV/AIDS which are rooted in Scripture and Tradition. Students will be encouraged to make connections between the course and their area of ministry.

BEHAVIOR AND DEVELOPMENT

ADDICTIONS AND MODES OF THERAPY
Instructor: William Schmidt
5 days, 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m., Saturday, May 23, and Tuesdays, May 26 – June 16, 2009
Addiction is a multi-faceted and complex phenomenon. Addressing this condition requires comprehensive understandings of its etiology, its modes of expression, and the range of treatment modalities available. Given the wide range of addictive possibilities and its deep roots within the human condition, a spiritually and psychologically congruent response is called for. This course will address a full range of addictive patterns from such an integrative and comprehensive point of view.

COUPLES COUNSELING
Instructor: Paul Giblin
2 weeks, 8:30a.m. – 12:30p.m., Monday – Thursday. May 11 – 22, 2009
The marital couple is the building block of a healthy family. To understand marital dynamics and options for working with couples is a critical component of pastoral care and counseling. The course examines developmental stages of marriage, strengths, tasks, and potential struggles associated with each stage. Assessment and intervention strategies are covered, including preventative and therapeutic approaches. Spirituality in marriage and clinical work is also addressed.

ENNEAGRAM SPECTRUM TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Instructor: Jerome Wagner
6 days, July 13 – 18, 2009: Monday – Friday: 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m. and Saturday, 9:00a.m. – 3:00p.m.
The Enneagram spectrum of personality styles has proven to be useful in many contexts such as personal, couple, and family therapy; spiritual direction; business consulting and coaching for leadership, management and team building; learning and teaching styles in educational settings. The Enneagram can be applied on many levels and in many venues. This Training and Certification Program is designed for individuals wishing to use the Enneagram in workshops, small groups, or one-to-one interactions in business, educational, consulting, therapeutic, and spiritual development settings. Individuals wishing to enhance their own personal and interpersonal understanding and development can also profit from this training. This course can be taken for certification only for a fee of $990. Click here for a certificate only regsitration form.

HUMAN PERSON AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (2 sections)
Joliet Cohort*
St. Thomas the Apostle Church 1500 Brookdale Road Naperville, IL 60563 www.stapostle.org Instructor: Charlotte Dillon
2 weeks: Monday – Friday, June 15 – 19, 1:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. and Monday – Thursday, June 22 – 25, 2009, 1:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. OR Online
Instructor: Dean Manternach
May 18 - August 7, 2009
Human beings are created to grow and mature into their full humanity. Every phase of life carries particular psychological and spiritual agendas with which the minister needs to be acquainted. While each person is unique, our developmental story from birth to death is also our universal human story with particular variations, sharpened around gender and cultural differences. We will explore these differences even as we seek to discover reliable markers for ministry to persons throughout the life cycle. The role of the minister in pastoral care and counseling situations with persons at different phases of life's journey will be our primary focus.

SOCIAL JUSTICE

ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND GLOBALIZATION
Instructor: Pamela Brubaker
2 weeks, July 6 – 17, 2009, 8:30a.m. – 12:30p.m.,, 1st week: Monday Friday, 2nd week: Monday – Thursday
This course examines approaches to and dynamics of globalization, its impact on human communities and the earth, and its challenges to Christian faith and ethics. We will explore various Christian responses to globalization as an economic justice issue, including Roman Catholic Social Teaching and the work of the World Council of Churches. The course will focus on the impacts of globalization in the U.S. and abroad and include resources and strategies for how individuals and groups can respond. Assignments include a course journal, book review, class debate, and a reflection paper /action project.

For more info go to www.luc.edu/ips/ or contact Ryan Hoffman, IPS Enrollment Advisor. Phone: (312) 915-7484 E-mail: rhoffm4@luc.edu

National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics
2009-2010

For information on registration for the 2009 - 2010 program, please call Julie Kelley at 215-877-2660.

The Holy See has often challenged the Church and society to work toward establishing a culture of life which respects and safeguards human dignity. In the health care ministry, difficult ethical problems often arise that demand enlightened and informed responses and interventions. Living wills, physician-assisted suicide, human cloning, embryonic stem cell research, organ donation, withdrawal of nutrition and hydration, and allocation of limited health care resources are only a few examples of the many complex situations that arise in modern clinical and research settings.

The National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics has been developed at the request of many bishops and administrators of health care facilities to provide a credible and systematic formation so that dioceses, hospitals and ethics committees will have advisors better qualified to apply the Catholic moral tradition to challenging contemporary issues in health care. The part-time, year-long program combines a theoretical component with a practically oriented component based on case studies.

Objectives:
The objective of The National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics is to train those engaged in the health care ministry, and other interested individuals, to effectively represent the Church's moral teaching in their various institutions as it is summarized in The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.

Upon completion of the one-year program, students will be able to:

* Articulate the Church's understanding of the inherent dignity of the human person as the objective basis for the Church's moral tradition in health care.
* Apply the Church's moral teaching as expressed in The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services to the resolution of complex bioethical dilemmas encountered in clinical education, practice and research.
* Identify resources available to health care workers and others involved in the health care ministry which provide guidance for the resolution of bioethical issues.

Web-Based Distance Learning Program:
Participants must attend an initial two-day seminar held in the fall in various cities across the United States. Students then interact independently with an instructor through a series of four learning modules over the course of the one-year program of study. Modules are completed through weekly assignments which include readings and an assessment of each student's theoretical understanding and ability to make practical application of the module content. Students are also given the opportunity to interact with their instructor, NCBC ethicists, and peers through a series of teleconferences and through an online discussion group. The program will culminate with a required intensive one-day seminar of case studies at the NCBC offices in Philadelphia on May 2, 2010.

Who Will Benefit From the Program?
The National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics was primarily designed for Church leaders, health care workers, those in the life sciences and ethics committee members. However, professionals and specialists from a wide range of venues, including centers for biomedical and biological research, universities, legal, and government institutions involved in the shaping of public policy are among those likely to benefit. Additionally, Catholic high school teachers in science and religion have found the program to be a great benefit.

Continuing Education Credit
The National Association of Catholic Chaplains has approved the National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics for 144 continuing education credit hours.

Graduation Credit
Up to 12 graduate credits in theology will be available for the 2009 - 2010 program through Holy Apostles Seminary and College.

For information on registration for the 2009 - 2010 program, please call Julie Kelley at 215-877-2660.

Palliative Care Leadership Center^TM (PCLC) Training

Intensive, Customized Training and Yearlong Mentoring

Palliative Care Leadership Centers^TM (PCLC) are nine leading palliative care programs that provide intensive, customized training and yearlong mentoring for palliative care programs at every stage of development and growth.

Learn more and enroll at www.capc.org/pclc

2010 training sessions are being held on the following dates:

Akron Children's Hospital - Akron, OH
January 20-22
April 14-16
July 14-16
October 13-15

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN
March 10-12
July 21-23
September 15-17
December 1-3

Fairview Health System - Minneapolis, MN
February 10-12
April 21-23

Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI
February 15-17
April 12-14

Mount Carmel Health System - Columbus, OH
January 14-15
April 8-9
September 23-24
November 4-5

Palliative Care Center of the Bluegrass - Lexington, KY
February 10-12
March 10-12
August 11-13
October 6-8

University of Alabama at Birmingham
April 12-14
June 21-23
September 13-15
November 8-10

University of California - San Francisco, CA
March 18-19
June 10-11

VSU Massey Cancer Center - Richmond, VA
March 15-16
May 17-18
September 20-21
November 8-9

Register now for 2010 at www.capc.org/pclc. Sessions fill months in advance. Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis only.

Video Presentation and Study Journal
Everyday Creativity

"Everyday Creativity" is about making the ordinary, extraordinary. Each of us is faced with creatively coming up with the next solution, the next answer to our problems. And this means in our businesses, our communities, or our families. Creativity is often thought of as a phenomenon that is larger-than-life, or out of the ordinary. Something reserved for a few "artistic" types. Dewitt Jones challenges such thinking and shows us how creativity is something much more accessible. Using his own photos as the basis for memorable stories, Dewitt shows us how an open mind, a solid understanding of our craft, and the willingness to venture beyond what is expected, can change our ability to live more creatively, everyday.

Approved by the NACC for 12 Continuing Education Hours

Contact Information:
Eilene Wisniewski
Star Thrower Distribution
26 E. Exchange Street, #600
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: 800-561-0291
Email: eilene@starthrower.com
Web: http://www.starthrower.com/custom/nacc.htm

Certificate in Clinical Health Care Ethics
Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics
Saint Louis University

The Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University offers a Graduate Certificate Program in Clinical Health Care Ethics. The program fosters clinical ethics skills and knowledge needed by ethics committee members, physicians, nurses, administrators, attorneys, social workers, chaplains, and others engaged in health care. An optional concentration in Catholic health care ethics is also offered.

The program consists of eight graduate credit hours that may be completed over a one-year period, and combines distance learning with two on-site weekend seminars. Several associations have approved the Certificate Program for continuing education credits.

Approved by the NACC for 134.4 Continuing Education Hours

Contact Information:
Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics Saint Louis University
221 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103
Phone: 314-977-6661
Email: chcecert@slu.edu
Web: http://chce.slu.edu/Certificate_Index.html

National Ethics Champions Collaborative through Catholic Health East
Catholic Health East

Acute Care Modules 1-12
Approved by the NACC for 28.8 Continuing Education Hours

Behavioral Health Modules 1-12
Approved by the NACC for 28.8 Continuing Education Hours

Continuing Care Modules 1-12
Approved by the NACC for 28.8 Continuing Education Hours

Organizational Ethics Modules 1-12
Approved by the NACC for 28.8 Continuing Education Hours

Contact Information:
Catholic Health East
14 Campus Blvd., Suite 300
Newtown Square, PA 19073-3277
Phone: 610-355-2065
Email: pboyle@che.org
Web: www.che.org/ethics/

Building the B.E.S.T. Leadership Development
Indiana State Nurses' Association and St. Vincent's Hospital and Health Care Center
Indianapolis, Indiana

Contact Information for dates and times:
Wanda Powell, M.H.A., R.N.
St. Vincent's Hospital and Health Care Center, Inc.
2001 W. 86th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Phone: 317-338-4308
Email: WKPowell@stvincent.org

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine announces scholarships for online master's theology program

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine announces new scholarships for students enrolled in its online Master of Arts in Pastoral Theology degree. According to theology program director Dr. Daniel Sheridan, Dr. William and Judy Davis of Columbia, Mo., have pledged for the next three years to sponsor scholarships that can be used toward tuition, books and fees. Davis, professor emeritus at the University of Missouri Health Care School of Medicine, is a 2007 graduate of the master’s theology program at Saint Joseph’s.

Saint Joseph’s College provides theological education for those seeking to serve the Catholic Church and society. According to Sheridan, the Davis scholarships will aid students seeking to work in lay ministry. “To be an effective lay minister requires a solid theological foundation in Catholic doctrine combined with a deep spiritual and pastoral orientation,” he notes.

Each scholarship applicant must have taken at least two courses in the online graduate theology program, be in academic good standing, be recommended by their diocese or parish, and have demonstrated financial need. Visit online.sjcme.edu/scholarship-resources.php or call (800) 752-4723 or (207) 893-7841.

Saint Joseph’s undergraduate and graduate theology programs offer study of the breadth, depth, and strength of Catholic theology. According to Sheridan, the programs deepen faith and enable a better-grounded and informed lay ministry. Saint Joseph’s has offered distance education for adult learners since 1976. More information about the online theology programs can be found at online.sjcme.edu/master-arts-pastoral-theology.php.

More Information:
Charmaine Daniels
Editor/Media Relations
Saint Joseph's College
278 Whites Bridge Road
Standish, Maine 04084
(207) 893-7723 |  cdaniels@sjcme.edu

New Directions in American Health Care: Innovations from Home and Abroad
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

This conference will bring academics, clinicians, analysts, executives, lawyers and policymakers together to consider solutions to problems of health care access, cost and quality.

For more information, visit the conference Web site: hofstra.edu/healthcareconference

Spiritual Issues in the Care of the Dying

Thursday, March 18, 2010
7:00 p.m.

Dominican University
Priory Campus
7200 W. Division St.
River Forest, IL

Room 263
Free
2 CEU’s available from the Graduate School of Social Work -- $20

Daniel Sulmasy, OFM, MD, Ph.D.
Dying inevitably raises profound spiritual questions that are often left unaddressed in clinical care settings: questions of meaning, value, and relationship. In this talk, Dr. Sulmasy will "unpack" these three sets of questions and describe how health care professionals can begin to help dying patients address these spiritual issues in clinical practice. Daniel Sulmasy, a medical doctor and Franciscan Friar, has recently moved from the New York Medical College to the University of Chicago where he holds the inaugural Clinton-Kilbride Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, with joint appointments as a Professor in the School of Divinity and as Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Among his books is A Balm for Gilead: Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts.

Click here to view the flyer for this event.

Incorporating Palliative Care Services into Long Term Care Facilities

Thursday, March 25, 2010
1:30-2:30 PM Eastern

Sponsored by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC).

Join Janet Larson Braun, RN, MSPH and Todd Coté, MD, FAAHPM, FAAFP of Hospice of the Bluegrass and Palliative Care Center of the Bluegrass as they discuss several models for increasing access to palliative care within long term care settings and address the barriers that currently exist.

What will you learn?

• The demographic imperative and need for palliative care in long term care settings.
• Current models of practice.
• Bedside care expectations for palliative care in long term care settings.
• Barriers to providing palliative care in long term care settings.
• Lessons learned

To learn more and register, go to: www.capc.org/support-from-capc/audio-conf/03-25-10/index_html

Tri-State Forum: Forgiveness & Healing

Founded in 1999, the Tri-State Forum is in its tenth year of offering lectures, presenting an opportunity to bring together pastors, ministry professionals and others interested in lifelong learning, growth, and collegial fellowship in our common faith. The annual forum series features five day-long lectures. With 5 contact hours per event, .5 CEUs (continuing education units) are available. Cost for forum membership, which includes all five lectures, is $130. Individual lecture cost is $50 per lecture.

Forgiveness & Healing April 15, 2010
Dr. Janet L. Ramsey

Wartburg Theological Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, PO Box 5004, Dubuque, IA 52004-5004

Click here for more information.

Founders of Bioethics - International Congress

Edinboro University
James F. Drane Bioethics Institute*
June 3 - 5, 2010

*Funded by a grant from Russell B. Roth

Meet the founders of this dynamic field and engage in discussion of their groundbreaking work and its continued effect on today’s issues.

Keynote speakers
Daniel Callahan, Ph.D.
Edmund Pellegrino, M.D.

Robert Veatch, Ph.D.
LeRoy Walters, Ph.D.
Albert Jonsen, Ph.D.
Alfonso Llano, S.J.
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., M.D.
Warren Reich, Ph.D.
Thomas Beauchamp, Ph.D.
James Childress, Ph.D.
Diego Gracia, Psy.D.

Approved by the NACC for 20.5 Continuing Education Hours

A unique educational experience for physicians, lawyers, nurses, social workers, chaplains, bioethicists, and students.

Continuing education credits are available for physicians (MD, DO), nurses, social workers and attorneys. Visit Bioethics.Edinboro.edu for details.

Register at Bioethics.Edinboro.edu or contact 814-732-1960 or bioethics@edinboro.edu.

International Death, Grief and Bereavement Conference

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin USA
June 7-9, 2010 (Pre-conference Workshops: June 6, 2010)

Conference Theme: Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues

$329, on or before April 23
$397, starting April 24
(one day registration also available)

The purpose of this conference is to provide a variety of quality presentations and sessions where participants learn, are motivated and are encouraged to use what they have learned in their place of business when they return.

Conference Topics:
* Aids
* Assisted Suicide
* Cremation
* Definition of Death
* Donation of Organs
* Emergency care/Trauma situations
* Ethical treatment of a person dying
* Euthanasia
* Hospice
* Traditional legal standards/New standards

This educational offering is recognized by the following for continuing education credit:
* American Nurses Credentialing Center
* American Psychological Association
* Association for Death Education and Counseling
* Association of Social Work Boards
* Wisconsin Funeral Service Directors
* University of Wisconsin-Extension

Planning Committee:
* Gerry Cox, Ph.D.
* Madonna D. Daley, MS, RN
* Robert J. Dixon, Ph.D., NCSP
* Jessica J. Hemenway, BS
* Carol J. Oldenburg, MS, RN
* Lori A. Pacourek, MSSW, CAPSW
* Penny Tiedt, MS
* Andrew Vitale, BA

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse:
Center for Death Education & Bioethics
Continuing Education and Extension

Contributing Sponsors: Baywood Publishing and Centering Corporation

Click here for more information or to register. (Look for the "register/enroll" link at the top of the page)

18th International Congress on Palliative Care

October 5-8, 2010 at the Palais des Congrès in Montréal, Canada.

Presented by the Palliative Care Division of the Departments of Medicine and Oncology of McGill University, this biennial Congress has grown to become one of the premier international events in palliative care. Healthcare professionals, therapists, volunteers and all those involved in palliative care come to renew themselves as providers of care and to obtain the inspiration that will help them shape the palliative care of the future.

This year’s Congress will offer four Concurrent Seminars (October 5), a two-day Pediatric Seminar (October 5-6), as well as plenary sessions, workshops, research forums, and poster sessions on subsequent days of the Congress. The Congress is trilingual, with interpretation offered in all three languages (English, French and Spanish) for plenaries and selected workshops and seminars. Full details will be available in the Detailed Programme (coming in May 2010) and on the Congress website (www.pal2010.com).

The pre-early bird registration deadline is March 26, 2010.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – DEADLINES
• for Oral presentations: January 31, 2010
• for Poster presentations: May 31, 2010
The deadline for submitting abstracts for presentation as workshops, proffered papers or research papers is January 31, 2010. Abstracts on all aspects of end-of-life and palliative care are welcome. A full list of subject categories as well as submission instructions and descriptions of each type of presentation can be found on the Congress website (www.pal2010.com). Poster abstracts may be submitted until May 31, 2010.

For more information, to register or to submit an abstract, please visit www.pal2010.com or call +1 450-292-3456 ext. 227.

If you are on our mailing list, you will receive the Detailed Programme in the spring. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please e-mail us your postal address.

We look forward to welcoming you in Montreal!

E-mail: info@pal2010.com
Web: www.pal2010.com

SAVE THE DATE

We are pleased to announce that the first International Multidisciplinary Forum on Palliative Care will be held on November 11-14, in Budapest, Hungary

Palliative care is an important part of the treatment of every patient with a life threatening illness. It is provided from the moment of diagnosis throughout the trajectory of the illness in order to improve symptom control and quality of life of the patients and their families.

The upcoming forum is targeted at all medical professions from all fields of medicine. The program will include presentations, interactive workshops, and present research at various levels of development.

If you are a family medicine physician, oncologist, geriatrician, neurologist, nephrologist, pediatrician , a pain and palliative physician, nurse, social worker, psychologist, physical therapist, chaplain or any other paramedical professional, interested in improving your basic palliative care skills and knowledge - do not miss this event!

Registration Rates -- Click here
Abstract Submission -- Click here

For further information visit us at: www.imfpc.org