George Fitchett (Rush) & Lex Tartaglia (VCU) Teaching Research Literacy In CPE.

George Fitchett (Rush)& Lex Tartaglia (VCU)

Teaching Research LiteracyIn CPE

Today’s Outline

• Introduce the Transforming Chaplaincy project• Review the CPE Curriculum Development Grant

application requirements• Discuss key findings from Tartaglia, et al., study (2013) of

model practices of teaching research literacy in CPE residency programs

• Present two models for teaching research literacy in CPE residency programs

• Respond to your questions

• Funded by two grants totaling $4.5M over four years from the John Templeton Foundation

• Supported by ACPE and the major professional chaplaincy organizations– The Association for Professional Chaplains– The National Association for Catholic Chaplains– Neshama—the Association for Jewish Chaplains

• The aim of the Transforming Chaplaincy project is to better equip hospital chaplains to use research to guide, evaluate and advocate for the spiritual care they provide.

Three Project Activities• Templeton Chaplain Research Fellowships

– The Fellowship program will pay for 16 board-certified healthcare chaplains to complete a two-year, research-focused master’s degree.

• CPE Curriculum Development Grants– Curriculum Development Grants will be awarded to 70 ACPE-

accredited clinical pastoral education (CPE) residency programs to support incorporation of research literacy education in their curricula.

• Free, Online Research Education for Chaplains– An online continuing education course, Religion, Spirituality and

Health: An Introduction to Research, will be made available at no cost to members of the four major professional chaplaincy and pastoral education organizations.

CPE Curriculum Development Grants

• Two-year Curriculum Development Grants will be awarded to 70 ACPE-accredited clinical pastoral education (CPE) residency programs – To support incorporation of research literacy

education in their curricula• 35 programs in Cohort 1 (awarded July 2016)• 35 programs in Cohort 2 (awarded July 2017)

CPE Curriculum Development Grants

• Yearly grant distributions to each CPE Center– Year 1 grants will be $2,500– Year 2 grants will be $1,500– Year 2 incentive grants of $1,000

Grant Selection Process CriteriaBe Substantive• Provide instructional in-class hours (minimum 15-20)• Schedule out of class assignments• Design a coherent and developmental syllabusBe Contextual• Use available resources• Fit the center’s settingBe Applicable to Practice• Identify how learning informs or influences current workBe Accountable• Outline how students’ learning will be assessed/measured

– e.g., Concrete exercises

Be Enduring• Plan for sustaining curriculum beyond initial funding period

Grant Timeline

Activity CPE Curriculum

DevelopmentGrants

CPE Program Activity

CPE online application posted on project website

October, 2015 Fall - Many residency programs begin in September

Application deadline December 15, 2015

Winter/Spring – CPE programs plan curriculum for next year and interview applicants

Decision about application

March 1, 2016

Applicants confirm acceptance

April 1, 2016

CPE Residency Programs begin

Summer/Fall – New residency programs begin

Elements of a Curriculum

• Learning Outcomes• Content/Topics• Delivery Methods• Readings• Assignments• Assessment/Evaluation of Learning

Common Elements of Programs with Research Curricula

• Sustained programs were built on a foundation of research literacy that– Took patience to develop– Had a research champion and the support of a CPE

supervisor– Offered the program in a cultural context with a sustained

commitment to research– Utilized resources from both within and outside the

CPE/Chaplain department– Incorporated multiple methods to introduce research

consistent with existing CPE teaching methodology

VCU Patient Counseling

Substantive• 29 Direct Content Hours (14, 90 minute seminars plus

a 5 Hour retreat and 3 hour dissemination activity) over a 10 month period

• 60-75 Hours of Reading, Assignments• Content introduced developmentally with question

“why” and shifting to “what”• Content introduced developmentally including

terminology, methodology, resource identification, data collection and dissemination

VCU Patient Counseling

Contextual• Understanding Evidence Based Practice in an

Academic Medical Center• Thinking organizationally as well as chaplaincy

as a discipline• Thinking about process improvement; what do I

do that I think could be done better?• Accessing Resources and Identifying

Collaborators

VCU Patient Counseling

Application to Practice• Readings/Assignments Related to Specific

Patient Populations• Use of research articles in verbatim or case

study analysis• Institutional Review Boards

VCU Patient Counseling

Accountability• Completion of a literature review• Critique of a Research Article• Pass the CITI IRB Examination• Data Collection (RedCap)• Completion and Dissemination of Culture

Study through Poster Presentation

VCU Patient Counseling

Continuation/Endurance• Current research educator on faculty• Faculty attendance at resident seminar series• Protected time for faculty/staff involved in

research related activities• Recruitment of future faculty/staff who

demonstrate research literacy

Resident Research Didactic - 2015

RHHV & Christ Advocate CPE Residents and SupervisorsLed by Pat Murphy & George Fitchett

Contextual• Rush is an academic medical center– Library with every e-journal imaginable– Computer lab to learn PubMed

• RHHV is an academic as well as a clinical department

• RHHV research program is 25 years old– Residents exposed to research throughout the

year, e.g. The APC Webinar Journal Club

Religion, Health & Human Values

Religion, Health & Human ValuesSubstantive• 8 seminars, 2.5 – 3 hours each, 2 per week, J-term– The Rush syllabus is on the project website

• Activities (number of sessions)– Presentations by George & Pat (4)– Small group presentations of articles (each student

presents 2-3 articles)– Searching PubMed for articles (2)

• Reading – Assigned readings (e.g. chapters from Myers)– Articles students are presenting – Articles presented by peers

Application to Practice• Residents select articles to read and present in

their areas of interest• Faculty periodically assign new articles related

to resident clinical area and interests• Faculty inform residents of research

presentations by other Rush investigators related to resident clinical areas and interests

Religion, Health & Human Values

Religion, Health & Human ValuesAccountability

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Continuation/Endurance• RHHV research program is 25 years

old• Resident research didactic since

2009• Supervisors sometimes audit the

research didactic• Current RHHV research faculty are

aging

Religion, Health & Human Values

What questions do you have about the CPE Curriculum Development Grant?• Enter your questions in the Q&A

box on your screen.

Questions?

• To ACPE for hosting this free webinar

• To you for your interest in our CPE grants

• If you have any questions after the webinar is over, you are welcome to contact our project coordinator, Kathryn Lyndes ([email protected]; 312.942.0247)

Thank you