Program Endorsements
Endorsements from palliative care experts:
“All people facing serious illness deserve a team of palliative care professionals working together to provide the best care. This online certificate program is an exciting and important move forward in the field of palliative care. Promoting and recognizing the expertise of professional chaplains is good for patients and families, and highlights the key role and unique contributions of spiritual care specialists.”
– Michael W. Rabow, MD
Director, Symptom Management Service & Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
“Spiritual care is an essential aspect of palliative care and therefore chaplains are critically important members of palliative care teams. This certification program will enable chaplains to serve as equal members of the palliative care medical teams and most importantly help provide compassionate centered care to patients, families and fellow team members.”
– Christina Puchalski, MD
Director GWish
Professor, Depts. Medicine and Health Sciences,
George Washington University, School of Medicine
“The delivery of quality whole-person palliative care requires a team approach. Education is urgently needed to prepare chaplains for their critical role in providing competent, compassionate and comprehensive collaborative care to all those in need.”
– Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, OSW-C
Senior Research Specialist
Division of Nursing Research and Education
Department of Population Sciences
City of Hope National Medical Center
“This course is a valuable contribution to professional education and a major step forward to improving the quality of palliative care. Spiritual care is central to all patients receiving palliative care and their families and chaplains are the spiritual care experts supporting patients and the interdisciplinary team.”
– Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor and Research Scientist
City of Hope National Medical Center
Endorsement from a leader in professional health care chaplaincy:
“The field of professional chaplaincy has lagged in the distance-learning field for some time. This program with its online platform is a huge leap forward for our profession.”
– The Rev. Dr. David C. Johnson BCC
President-elect of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education
Past President of the Association of Professional Chaplains
Endorsements from students who completed the pilot version of the course:
“The training I gained from the pilot program of the course has proven invaluable as our palliative care program is seeking Joint Commission certification.”
– Libby Caes, M.Div., BCC
Oncology and Palliative Care Chaplain
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
“As chaplains in the growing field of palliative care, we simply must be savvy and well-versed in the concepts that undergird the field. This program offers a curriculum targeted to the particular needs and skills of chaplains while also bringing in a broad range of interdisciplinary experts. Participating in the pilot program for
this course, I found myself continually energized to learn more, read more, and engage in new conversations with my palliative care team. It was inspiring to be a part of such an exciting new educational forum.”
– Holly Gaudette
Staff Chaplain
NYU Langone Medical Center
