WMed Spirituality and Medicine Symposium 2021 - Enduring Material

This enduring material provides a recording of the 2021 Spirituality and Medicine Symposium, which considers the opportunities and obstacles to integrating spirituality into health care. For more information, please contact Karen Horneffer-Ginter 269-337-2400 // [email protected]


Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 8:00 AM - Sunday, December 1, 2024, 3:00 PM

1. Identify opportunities and obstacles to integrating spirituality into heath care from the perspective of physicians, chaplains, and community religious leaders.
2. Describe opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration to promote the integration of spirituality into health care
3. Identify steps they can take to engage religious traditions and practices as resources for understanding and practicing good medicine
4. Identify spiritual practices that can be used to support one’s professional and personal well-being.
5. Recognize the potential of mind-body-spirit programming in medical school settings
6. Summarize current trends in spirituality beliefs in the U.S. and their implications for spiritual assessment
7. Describe the impact of COVID-19 on integrating spirituality into heath care
8. Recognize the importance of provider spiritual self-care

In support of improving patient care, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit amount subject to change.

Interprofessional Continuing Education

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 5.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Physicians

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine designates this activity for 5.0 contact hours for nurses.  Nurses should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychologists

This program is co-sponsored by the American Psychological Association for continuing education credit. The American Psychological Association retains responsibility for the program.  This activity is designated for 5.0 APA CE Credits.

Social Workers

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 5.0 continuing education credits.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (5.00 hours), ACE CE Credits (5.00 hours), APA CE Credits (5.00 hours), Conference Registration (5.00 hours), Continuing Nursing Credit- ANCC (5.00 hours), General Attendance (5.00 hours), IPCE Credit (5.00 hours), Other Learner Attendance (5.00 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.