Going ➡️ Assoc. of Prof. Chaplains' conf in NOLA? We'll (Allison Kestenbaum, Edward Penate, @byrnemartelli.bsky.social, and I) see you for our prof. develop. intensive (PDI), Palliative Care Chaplaincy: Current Status and Future Directions, Wed., June 10, 1-5 PM (CST). web.cvent.com/event/f7798d...

AnAcute Palliative and Supportive Care Unit (APSCU) delivered tailored, interdisciplinary care for a patient with advanced colon cancer who survived a critical event, improved with aggressive symptom management, and transitioned to hospice at home. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41555657/

Acute palliative and supportive care units provide unique and tailored care: A case report - PubMed

The case report demonstrates that an APSCU, with its skilled interdisciplinary team in the acute care hospital, is an ideal setting to provide patient-centered care for seriously ill patients and their families.

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If you’ve been thinking about joining the ISPEC Training Course on January 29–30, join us this Friday for a live Q&A. This is a chance for clinicians and chaplains to learn more about the program and ask any questions. #spiritualcare registration: gwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Rick Bauer (he/him/él)@nvrflycoach.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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Really excited to be on faculty for the 6th Annual World Hospice and Palliative Care Congress with wonderful global colleagues and organised by @mskcme.bsky.social @galchuttpaul.bsky.social @billyrosaphd.bsky.social mskcc.cloud-cme.com/course/cours...

Please listen to this recording 2x. Thank you @geripal.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading Dr. Montori's text care-fully.

GeriPal Podcast@geripal.bsky.social · last yr.

Guest Victor Montori's book, "Why We Revolt," decries the Industrialization of #healthcare. Clinicians become busier & patients are tasked with more work to self manage. #medsky 👉 Full episode at bit.ly/GeriPalEp367 😀 Hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social 😀 Guest: Victor Montori

1 week ago (6.12.2025), Transforming Chaplaincy hosted the inaugural Healthcare #Chaplaincy - State of the Science in Bloom., MN, USA. Working with & learning from those in the photo has produced some high grade joy. #research www.transformchaplaincy.org (photo credit: cassieregerphotography.com)

Cheers🥂! Celebrating after the first ever Healthcare #Chaplaincy - State of the Science hosted in conjunction with the Assn of Professional Chaplains annual (2025) conference in Bloomington, MN, USA. I ♥️d being a part of this www.transformchaplaincy.org event and to see my #chaplain colleagues ☀️!

Without treasured friends and colleagues, like you @danielnuzum.bsky.social, this work we love would be so much harder. Looking forward to following your #chaplain #research leadership and 💡-ing the way.

Daniel Nuzum@danielnuzum.bsky.social · last yr.

Great to link up with some of our fellow participants in the recent Research Literacy 101 course between CPE Cork and Minneapolis led by the legend @galchuttpaul.bsky.social

My 2 fav moments in #palliative & #spiritual care #research: 1) Published; 2) Dreaming about possibilities. Great to be with you, @danielnuzum.bsky.social, to consider what could await while watching a ⚽ match on the pitch. Looking forward to some green grass & blue sky investigations together.

🏳️‍🌈JUST OUT: 2025 is the 6th consecutive record-breaking year of anti-trans legislation in the US. Our @jama.com paper calls for gender affirming communication for all people - very important amid rapidly increasing anti-trans and anti-#LGBTQ+ policies. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

You're looking forward, @benwthompson.bsky.social?! Can't wait to connect with colleagues about what a #palliative #chaplain writes, could write, or maybe shouldn't write as we try to get it right. Let's keep working this #spiritual care together in #HAPC. 👓 you at these Virtual Grand Rounds.

Ben Thompson @benwthompson.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking forward to @galchuttpaul.bsky.social's presentation for next week's HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds examining the chaplain's clinical note! Join Thursday, May 1st at 12:00 EST here: bit.ly/HAPCGalchutt

Thank you, @nvrflycoach.bsky.social, for highlighting this new read. Transforming Chaplaincy is also hosting a free webinar about it later this month. The ONC-5: A New Model for #Spiritual Assessment in #Cancer Care Tuesday, April 29, 1-2 PM (Central Time) us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The ONC-5: A New Model for Spiritual Assessment in Cancer Care. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The ONC-5: A New Model for Spiritual Assessment in Cancer Care. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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Rick Bauer (he/him/él)@nvrflycoach.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great new (open access!) article on a quantifiable spiritual assessment with cancer patients. #spiritualcare www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Mighty good to see #chaplain colleagues connected with Transforming Chaplaincy offer these important findings in the outpatient #oncology space as they advance #spiritual care through #research. www.transformchaplaincy.org

Rick Bauer (he/him/él)@nvrflycoach.bsky.social · 2y ago

Spiritual care in outpatient oncology: a qualitative study of focus groups with cancer center chaplains. #spiritualcare pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Please check out Dr. Saint's work with the Sacred Moments Initiative: www.sacredmomentsinitiative.org

Sacred Moments Initiative

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Paul Galchutt@galchuttpaul.bsky.social · 2y ago

I know. It's in the name, but the org I work for, Transforming #Chaplaincy, is not only about #chaplains. #Spiritual care is Our business, including how what We do having a #sacred moment reality. Check out this webinar featuring Drs. Sanjay Saint and Ken Pargament. www.youtube.com/watch?v=emrR...

I know. It's in the name, but the org I work for, Transforming #Chaplaincy, is not only about #chaplains. #Spiritual care is Our business, including how what We do having a #sacred moment reality. Check out this webinar featuring Drs. Sanjay Saint and Ken Pargament. www.youtube.com/watch?v=emrR...

Once upon this 🕑, the #Palliative Story Exchange incubator workshop, March 20-21, was a positively disruptive turning point in my emplotted future. It generated some uncontained ♥️ #joy. Thank you Alexis Drutchas, @releiter.bsky.social, & Rachel Rusch! ✅ out this movement. www.pallstoryexchange.com

@j-palliativemed.bsky.social Review Article: Spiritual Care in Palliative Medicine and End of Life: A Bibliometric Network Analysis www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.... Jacopo D'Andria Ursoleo et al

Spiritual Care in Palliative Medicine and End of Life: A Bibliometric Network Analysis | Journal of Palliative Medicine

Background and Objectives: Spiritual care is an essential component of care for the terminally ill, because of its potential to positively impact patient perception of quality of life and dignity. However, it continues to be the least cultivated or even most overlooked aspect of palliative care and end of life. We performed a methodological review using bibliometric analysis to provide a holistic view of the scientific output published on this topic in the literature at the same time outlining present perspectives and research trends. Methods: In accordance with the BIBLIO checklist for reporting the bibliometric reviews of the biomedical literature, pertinent articles were retrieved from the Web of Science (WOS) database. The search string included “spiritual care,” “end of life,” and their synonyms. The VOSviewer (version 1.6.17) software was used to conduct comprehensive analyses. Semantic and research networks, bibliographic coupling, and journal analysis were examined. Results: A total of 924 articles were identified in WOS, and 842 were retrieved. An increasing trend in the number of publications is observed from 1981 to date, with a peak in the 2019–2021 timeframe. Most articles focused on palliative care, spirituality, spiritual care, religion, end of life, and cancer. The Journal of Pain and Symptom Management contributed the highest number of published documents, while the Journal of Palliative Medicine was the top-cited journal. The highest number of publications originated from collaborations of authors from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. Conclusion: The remarkable increase in the number of publications on spiritual care observed in the years of the COVID-19 pandemic likely reflected global concerns, reasserting the importance of prioritizing spiritual care for whole-person palliation. Spiritual care is integrated with palliative care, in line with the latter’s holistic nature and the recognition of spirituality as a fundamental aspect of end-of-life care. Nurses and chaplains exhibited more involvement in palliative–spiritual care than physicians reflecting the belief that chaplains are perceived as specialized providers, and nurses, owing to their direct exposure to spiritual suffering and ethos, are deemed suitable for providing spiritual care.

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Spiritual Care & Ritual: Research & Competencies 👇Webinar recording ➡️ Transforming Chaplaincy. We're about advancing #spiritual care ➡️ #research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjXI... Ritual is an important but often overlooked element of spiritual care in healthcare. ✅us out www.transformchaplaincy.org

#Exhausted and #Inspired resonates so well! So good to see you and everyone at #HAPC25 What a time! #PalliativeCare

Paul Galchutt@galchuttpaul.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm exhausted but renewed and inspired by these relationships. So grateful for the #hapc25 "team" making a difference for those w/serious illness. #palliative care. Thank you! @christinap3.bsky.social, @ryanbaldeo.bsky.social, @nvrflycoach.bsky.social, @aahpm.bsky.social, @hpna-info.bsky.social

I'm exhausted but renewed and inspired by these relationships. So grateful for the #hapc25 "team" making a difference for those w/serious illness. #palliative care. Thank you! @christinap3.bsky.social, @ryanbaldeo.bsky.social, @nvrflycoach.bsky.social, @aahpm.bsky.social, @hpna-info.bsky.social

It was like I was the next contestant on the Price Is Right to join my friends, #palliative care colleagues as part of the Cambia Leadership Brkfst, #hapc25 annual assembly, Denver ⛰️. Joy ascension! @rthienprayoon.bsky.social, Anao Zhang, Barbara Jones, Peggy Maguire, Tamryn Gray, Channing Tate

Over 20 chaplains at the #hapc25 annual assembly. Posters, podiums, and conversations to show up for our shared work of caring for people with serious illness. Looking forward to our engagement during this meeting and planning toward the future with our collaborative efforts. #spiritual care

Yellow highlighter moment to see friends, Emory PhD student, Alex Soltoff, & Cambia Sojourns Scholar, Penn Nursing faculty, Jackie Boyden, PhD. ✅ out Alex’s talk at the #hapc25 Assembly, Financial and Clinical Impact of Investor-backed #Hospice Acquisitions, on Thursday, February 6, 11-11:15 AM

Thank you, @danielnuzum.bsky.social! Doing this work together creates Atlantic Ocean size swells of joy. I 🫶 supporting colleagues in growing skills for locating, evaluating, and summarizing the evidence relevant and useful toward advancing #spiritual care in healthcare. www.transformchaplaincy.org

Daniel Nuzum@danielnuzum.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great to get our Clinical Pastoral Education Level 2 participants & trainee supervisors/ educators from Cork University Hospital & ACPE (Ireland) launched on the Research Literacy 101 program with Transforming Chaplaincy led expertly by Paul Galchutt, MDiv, MPH, BCC @galchuttpaul.bsky.social

I noticed the phrase, "dangerous unselfishness," from Dr. King's final speech engraved in stone when I recently (Nov 2024) ambled through the I AM A MAN Plaza in Memphis. Blessings for strength to love with dangerous unselfishness as we care for each person's well-being. (photo credit: Galchutt)

Care for people amid serious illness? Our ❓ is an invitation toward your calling for our shared interprofessional #spiritual care. You do it. Join us as a champion 🏆. 👏, Dr. Betty Ferrell. Is It in You?… (to be a Spiritual Care Champion) 👇 www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/... #palliative #chaplain

Still working thru imposter feelings 2 B on author team w/Dr. Betty Ferrell (middle), Tami Borneman (R), & Marianna Koczywas (not 📷). #Spirituality in Pts With #Cancer: A Synthesis of a Program of #Research 👇. ✅ out the 🗝️ #spiritual concerns & methods used. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...