Use these as a starting point, as the lists are not exhaustive, but updated from time to time.
Books
Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare by Mark Cobb, Christina M Puchalski, Bruce Rumbold, 2012.
Handbook of patients’ spiritual and cultural values for health care professionals. From Perioperative Nursing - An Introduction by Sally Sutherland-Fraser, Menna Davies, et. al., Elsevier Health Sciences, 2016.
Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach by Leiyu Shi, et. al., Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, 2011.
Handbook of Religion and Health (2nd ed.). by Koenig, H.G., King, D.E., and Carson, V.B. (2012).
Spiritual care: A Practical Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals by Narayanasamy, A. 2001.
Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare by Puchalski & B. D. Rumbold (eds). 2019.
Spiritual assessment in healthcare: An overview of comprehensive, sensitive
approaches to spiritual assessment for use within the interdisciplinary
healthcare team by McSherry, W., Ross, L., Balthip, K., et al. In F. Timmins, & S. Caldeira (Eds.), Spirituality in healthcare: Perspectives for innovative practice, 2020.
Adimiche, Tochi Brown. The Influence of Active Transition of Terminal Patients with Religious or Spiritual Distress on the Retention and Turnover of Palliative Care Nurses. AT Still University of Health Sciences, 2020.
Articles
Brookline, MA, Harvard Community Health Plan, 1989. Low B, Ruston D, Kates LW, et al: Discussing religious and spiritual issues at the end of life: A practical guide for physicians. JAMA 287:749, 2002.
Hodge, David R., and Suzanne Bushfield. "Developing spiritual competence in practice." Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work 15.3-4 (2007): 101-127.
Mächler, Ruth, et al. "GPs personal spirituality, their attitude and spiritual competence: a cross-sectional study in German general practices." Journal of Religion and Health (2022): 1-16.
Langlands, Cameron, David Mitchell, and Tom Gordon. "Spiritual competence: mental health and palliative care." Spirituality, values and mental health (2007): 173-181.
Rykkje, Linda, et al. "Educational interventions and strategies for spiritual care in nursing and healthcare students and staff: A scoping review." Journal of clinical nursing 31.11-12 (2022): 1440-1464.
Smeets, Wim, and Tessa Morice-Calkhoven. "From ministry towards spiritual competence. Changing perspectives in spiritual care in the Netherlands." Journal of Empirical Theology 27.1 (2014): 103-129.
Wang, Zhangyi, et al. "Correlations among spiritual care competence, spiritual care perceptions and spiritual health of Chinese nurses: A cross-sectional correlational study." Palliative & Supportive Care 20.2 (2022): 243-254.
Heidari, Akram, Zahra Afzoon, and Morteza Heidari. "The correlation between spiritual care competence and spiritual health among Iranian nurses." BMC nursing 21.1 (2022): 277.
Hodge, David R. "The spiritual competence scale: A new instrument for assessing spiritual competence at the programmatic level." Research on Social Work Practice 17.2 (2007): 287-294.
Baldacchino, Donia. "Spiritual care education of health care professionals." (2015): 594-613.
Puchalski, C., Ferrell, B., Virani, R., Otis-Green, S., Baird, P., Bull, J., Chochinov, H., Handzo, G., Nelson-Becker, H., Prince-Paul, M., Pugliese, K., & Sulmasy, D. (2009). Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care: The Report of the Consensus Conference. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 12(10), 885-904. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2009.0142
Courses
Spiritual Competence for Healthcare Professionalsis meant for professionals who desire to provide spiritual care to their patients and themselves as part of whole-person clinical care - https://dr-tochi.thinkific.com/courses/spiritual-competence-for-healthcare-professionals
When Care is Tough: Supporting the Interdisciplinary Team focuses on why chaplains and spiritual care providers should intentionally emphasize care for staff and provide rituals that will be meaningful to staff who are of different religions, and none. Compassion fatigue, burnout, vicarious trauma, and moral injury will all be defined and discussed as it relates to employees working in healthcare - https://www.spiritualcareassociation.org/when-care-is-tough-supporting-the-interdisciplinary-team
Spiritual Competency Training in Mental Health is designed to train mental health providers in basic spiritual and religious competencies - https://www.edx.org/course/spiritual-competency-training-in-mental-health
“Spiritual care is everybody’s business” – free online training for health workers and volunteers - https://palliativecare.org.au/mediarelease/spiritual-care-is-everybodys-business-free-online-training-for-health-workers-and-volunteers/
Religion, Spirituality and Beliefs: Lead your employees in welcoming diversity, building unity, and fostering trust within your teams. When everyone feels comfortable expressing their identity and beliefs, they help businesses succeed and advance together - https://www.traliant.com/courses/religion-spirituality-and-beliefs-training-for-employees-and-managers/
Mental Health & Spirituality Certificate: Designed for working professionals, the Certificate in Mental Health and Spirituality builds greater spiritual awareness that helps you connect with people of all faiths - https://www.redlands.edu/study/schools-and-centers/gst/academics/certificates-and-diplomas/cmhs/
What Every Health Care Professional Needs to Know About Spiritual Care is for those of all health care disciplines, settings, and roles who desire to know more about being a spiritual care generalist within their scope of practice - https://www.spiritualcareassociation.org/what-every-health-care-professional-needs-to-know-about-spiritual-care
Cultural Competence, Inclusion, and Vulnerable Populations for Health Care Professionals addresses cultural competence, including self-awareness and effective ways to assess, document, and provide interventions so that persons' beliefs, values, and practices are integrated into their plan of care. It also discusses the needs of vulnerable patient populations including persons who are non-resident aliens, LGBTQ, homeless, incarcerated, low health literate, and mentally challenged - https://www.spiritualcareassociation.org/cultural-competence-inclusion-and-vulnerable-populations-for-health-care-professionals
Fundamentals of Spiritual Care in Palliative Care is for chaplains, other health care providers, chaplaincy and students of all disciplines, and community religious, spiritual, existential, and cultural leaders who are new to palliative care teams. The course provides skills and knowledge specific to the importance of spirituality as a core element in the provision of palliative care - https://www.spiritualcareassociation.org/fundamentals-of-spiritual-care-in-palliative-care-self
Major Religious Traditions and Spiritual Care provides chaplains, counselors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals an overview of the five major religious traditions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism as well as the growing population that refers to themselves as “nones” or “spiritual but not religious.” Emphasis is placed upon the beliefs, values, and practices that impact a person’s reaction to illness, trauma, end-of-life, and other issues of spiritual distress - https://www.spiritualcareassociation.org/major-religious-traditions-and-spiritual-care
When it’s Time to say Goodbye: Introduction to Spiritual Care at the End of Life is for students in clinical training programs of all disciplines including chaplaincy, graduate schools, and community faith, religious, and existential leaders who are new to end of life issues of emotional and spiritual, religious, and existential distress and appropriate interventions, cultural, religious, spiritual and existential practices, and care of the family will be discussed - https://www.spiritualcareassociation.org/when-it-s-time-to-say-goodbye-introduction-to-spiritual-care-at-the-end-of-life
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