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Transcript Various Disciplines
The Effectiveness of an Interdisciplinary Team Approach
in Promoting Health & Wellness in Faith Communities
Tom Pruski, RN, MAPS
Wesley Seminary Heal the Sick
Program Director
Current Trends
Changes in Healthcare – A.C.A. population based
model
• Changes in Culture & Impact on Religious Institutions
& Societal Structures
Institutional Church on decline
Need for innovative faith & health education models
to address various learners & disciplines
Clergy, laity - practice an integrated faith life beyond the
walls of the church, ongoing faith formation
Professionals, students, public health sector– greater
appreciation of interdisciplinary work, teams
Four questions in building
interdisciplinary health teams:
• What do you think it takes to build a ‘healthy’ health
team for a faith community?
• What are some characteristics of successful
interdisciplinary health teams?
What are some challenges in building interdisciplinary
health teams?
How do you develop successful interdisciplinary health
teams?
Some Various Disciplines Involved in
Health Ministry
Healthcare Professionals – registered nurses
Professionals – lawyers, accountants, etc.
Clergy
Seminarians
Volunteers
Artists – Massage Therapists, Musicians, Art Therapy
Health Ministry Roles
Clergy – Professional, Seminarians
Faith Community Nursing
Health Ministers - Different Denominational and
Public Health Use Variety of Terms
“congregational health promoter”
“lay health promoter”
“congregational health leader”
Leaders of Various Ministries
Emerging Roles
Health and Wellness Coaching, Life Coaching
Building Structure: Faith Community
Health Ministry Models
Health Ministry Encompasses One or a Hybrid of
These Various Models:
Faith Community Nurse
Health Ministers
Health Committee or Health & Wellness Team
Various Ministry leaders – social concerns, etc.
Pastoral Associate, Clergy
Various Ministries – Faith Formation, Social Justice,
Stephen’s Ministry, etc.
Enter Education Program & Follow
Professional Standards Guiding Various
Health Ministry Roles & Practices
Important Questions for Health
Ministries in Faith Communities
Is our health ministry team a true representation of
our faith community?
Are you serving inside or outside our faith community?
or both?
How will you know we are successful? How will you
evaluate your actions and impact?
Does your entire faith community understand what
health ministry is?
Challenges in Health Ministry:
Role Expectations
Role descriptions
Pursue education to know role
People do not want to become involved, if there is a lack
of clear expectations
Role time limit, increasing important to our busy
culture
Define structures and roles of different
people/disciplines
Supporting Health Ministries
Through Networks
Local
Hospital/Primary Care Based Congregational Networks
Community Based Congregational Networks
self-determines their own goals, objectives, and mission
powerful advocate, independent voices
Regional Networks through HMA
Internet Resources - Online Discussion Groups,
E-Mail list
Be creative
Continuity from Educational
Foundation to Network Involvement
Faith Community Nurse
Congregational
Foundational Education
Health Minister
Education
Health Committee
Education
Additional Education for
Specific Roles – Stephen
Ministry, mental health
Network Support
Resource Support –
sharing resources, best
practices
Continuing Education
for Various Health
Ministry Roles – know
trends, resources
Essential Elements to
Interdisciplinary Health Ministry Team
Development
Understanding connections to Mission:
Personal
Local Faith Community
Denomination
Institutional – Healthcare, Educational, Etc.
Need to speak Common Language and have Mutual
Understanding on faith & health concepts & context
What is a healthy person?
What is a healthy community? faith community?
Keys to Success: Support from
Institutional Leadership
Important to receive support from institutional
leadership, without support it is difficult to sustain
Clergy
Denominational
Healthcare Systems
Community Leaders
Find the passionate champions - from pew to board
room – make a personal connection
Provide leadership with reasons to support health
ministry in different settings, provide evidence
Ways to Build & Promote
‘Healthy’ Healthy Ministries
Mentoring (HMA’s FCN model, new models)
Build, develop, and maintain healthy relationships
among team members, institutional leaders
Leadership supporting internal transformation of
community life
Build, sustain, and grow networks of support for
various disciplines
Allow equal space, time for individual and
interdisciplinary role development
Research, Utilize, & Cite Trusted
Resources that Shape Practice
The Public Health Institute Health Systems Service
and the Centers for Disease
Learning Group
Control
Other Important Considerations
for Interdisciplinary Health Team
Consider the diversity of various faith, cultural, and
races of the people we serve with
Understanding and personal comfortability with
different denomination and different faith traditions
Important to ‘BE’ with others, listening presence
Who will guide the work?
• People committed to live out mission and vision in
new, concrete ways
• Boundary leadership on personal and institutional
level
• Spiritual hunger among community/congregational
members, and professionals to practice and integrate
faith in all aspect of their lives
• Creating and/or Supporting local congregational
health networks
What are we learning?
• Lack of backbone organizations and lack of
coordination is rampant across our competitive society
• Takes time to build trust among people, partners
• Public Assumes all Faith Leaders & Medical
Professionals Are Competent in all spiritual & medical
matters
– Congregational Interviews revealed personal and
professional fear/anxiety on dealing with death
medically and pastorally, may need additional training
What are we learning?
• Long term, sustained Micro AND Macro efforts
required
– Institutional Leadership in dialogue
– Constantly creating faith and health dialogue through
workshops for individuals and communities to engage
• Leveraging Assets of Institution/Faith Community
– Know what you can bring to the table, know your limits
too.
Practicing Regular Disciplines: An Essential
Element of Health & Wellness Team Members
Regular Self-care
How is Your Spiritual Life?
Reflecting on Self, Work, Recreational life
Perspective on Vocation
Authenticity
Sensitive to Your Own & Others Vulnerabilities, Human
Condition, Context
Value, Respect, & Honesty in This Context
4 Overarching Characteristics Guiding
Interdisciplinary Health Ministry Work
• Need to speak Common Language and have Mutual
Understanding on faith & health concepts & context
• Develop, form & sustain long lasting Relationships
with people from diverse backgrounds
– Networking/Support with colleagues, always open to
inviting and widening the collaborative circle
– Diverse Relationships helps us know different
perspectives and talents, honor & respect for the human
experience
4 Overarching Characteristics Guiding
Interdisciplinary Health Ministry Work
• Create opportunities to create, build, sustain Trust
– Attending partner events
– Ongoing Dialogue and Work toward common goals,
vision, outcomes
• Practicing Regular Disciplines of Self-Care
• Exercise – physical, meditative, etc.
• Theological Reflection