Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

(TH07) Psychosocial, Spiritual and Ethnic Assessment for Healing

Thursday, March 9, 2023

8:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

Room: 101/102

CME: (3.5) MOC: (3.5) CMD Management: (3.5) Nursing Contact Hours: (3.5) AAFP: (3.5)

The session is a 3.5 hours workshop. It will first briefly review the key elements of health and healing, traditional healing processes in different religions, spiritual concepts, and spiritual distress. Then the session will break into breakout group discussion. This will allow participants to engage in active learning via case based group discussion, recall, and reflective learning processes. The participants will learn how to perform psychosocial and spiritual assessments and explore the value of the assessment. The team will discuss how to approach the resident/patient from a diverse background in an empathetic manner. Variations among diverse population (Asians, Black Americans, Hispanics, Alaskans, White American) will be reviewed based on psychosocial, spiritual, and ethnic backgrounds. A few of the most important concepts will be reviewed related to how they may affect health and healing among older adults.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:

Identify the benefits and key elements of the basic concepts of health, illness, and healing among diverse populations including psychosocial, spiritual, ethnic belief systems, and healing traditions that influence health, healing, and the healthcare system
Describe common spiritual and religious needs and expression of spiritual distress among residents/patients and families from diverse populations
Discuss some of the current health care challenges that pose a barrier for health Equity. Recognize one’s own attitude, personal assumptions, and bias toward spiritual and religious need
Review few of the available tools for psychosocial and spiritual assessments. Discuss the value of these assessments yield in healing of health and addressing spiritual distress

Session Chair/Speaker(s)

Fatima A. Naqvi, MD, CMD

Medical Director
Potomac, Maryland

Slides PDF Handout

Speaker(s)

Fatima Sheikh, MD, CMD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer
PASEDENA, Maryland

Handout
Jamehl Demons, MD. (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Margo Kunze, RN. CDP

RN., CDP., CALA (RETD)
Belmar, New Jersey