Bridging the Gaps: Incorporating Religion and Spirituality in Whole Person Care course will review how a patient’s religion and/or spirituality can intersect with health care so that participants can apply this knowledge in holistic patient-centered care. This course will teach how to use standardized assessments such as the FICA tool, to understand the role spirituality plays in the lives of their patients and participants will utilize a team-based, inter-professional approach, including the utilization of community partners, in the care of patients with spiritual distress.

TARGETED AUDIENCE

This activity is appropriate for: Medical Students, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Other Healthcare Professionals, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Social Workers

In the fields of: Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Other Healthcare Professions, Palliative Medicine, Primary Care, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, Social Work

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

At the end of this activity, participant should be able to:

• reflect upon how a patient’s religion and/or spirituality can intersect with health care so that participants can apply this knowledge in holistic patient-centered care.
• review the recent literature on the intersection of religiosity, spirituality and health.
• learn how to use standardized assessments such as the FICA tool, to understand the role spirituality plays in the lives of their patients.
• utilize a team-based, inter-professional approach, including the utilization of community partners, in the care of patients with spiritual distress.
• review how to provide religious accommodation for patients with a religious identity.
• reflect upon one own’s spirituality as it relates to professional and personal well-being.

ACCREDITATION

The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Michigan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 3.75 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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