The Curriculum Resource Room opens July 23
A Conversation on teaching and learning about Moral Distress/Moral Injury
Friday, July 23, 2021 from 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern
Moral Distress arises when a person feels constrained from taking what they believe is a correct moral action. Moral Injury may be described as a more extreme form of distress when one acts, witnesses or fails to prevent actions that transgress one’s moral standards. Of course, it is more complicated than simple definition permits. Spiritual caregivers are not immune to moral injury or distress, and yet are often in a position to encounter the morally distressed. We all have heard or seen examples arising during the Covid 19 pandemic.
We have questions. Do you? What do you want your students to know? What skill is needed to respond to the distressed effectively? Is this explored in a one seminar or series? What are good resources? How is this linked to other outcomes for learning? Let’s talk about how moral injury/distress (MI/MD) shows up in an ACPE center’s curriculum.
To get this discussion going our conversational partners are CPE Educators, Johnny Bush, Sahra Harding, and Wayne McKenney, and Iliff Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Carrie Doehring. To provide a context for learning you will hear about a chaplain-led program for front-facing healthcare workers at New York-Presbyterian Healthcare for enhancing relational resilience in those experiencing moral distress; a conversational guide for use with those experiencing moral injury/distress and a bit about current research on how aspects of religion and spirituality may exacerbate or alleviate moral injury/distress. A hope of the Curriculum Committee is that this and other Resource Rooms will inspire conversations for how to best address present-day social concerns in ACPE centers curricula.
Most important to this 90 minute Resource Room experience is YOU! Share with your colleagues how your curriculum addresses this topic. Talk about what you have found works or doesn’t? The Room is a good place to share resources. Bring your questions, ideas, teaching strategies. Shared learning is what we do best in ACPE. Let’s do it.
The Curriculum Committee, appointed by the Board, seeks to advance creativity in and assist the resourcing of centers’ curriculum; support effective student evaluation, and to examine and enhance continuing education.