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This interactive workshop will engage participants in an interdisciplinary discussion of patient-centered spiritual care. In an effort to equip health care clinicians to provide effective, patient-centered care in both faith-based and secular contexts, presenters will weave together ethical factors, theological concerns, patient-centered communication strategies, and evidence-based behavior change strategies to construct a conceptual model of spiritual care. Specific emphasis will be placed on Motivational Interviewing and its use in spiritual care conversations. Danielle King

You'd like to care for the whole person - medical, emotional, and spiritual.  And your patients seem to appreciate this as well.  But is it professionally appropriate?  Is it ethical?  Does it violate the professional/patient relationship or take advantage of the vulnerable patient?  And what if you practice in a secular setting?  This session will look at various issues regarding the provision of whole person care to patients such as ethics, outcomes, attitudes of professionals and patients drawing from a number of sources including peer reviewed studies and Joint Commission guidelines. Jennifer Jung