AG430026 (A426) - Health Care Chaplaincy (MA)
Credits
30
Level
4
Restrictions
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: Pastoral Theology in History and Practice
Exclusions: None
Description
This module aims to deepen participants' awareness of the history, theology and practice of health care chaplaincy. It explores ideas of personhood, relationality, health, sickness and healing within the Christian Tradition. It focuses on the particularities of pastoral theology and praxis as a distinct discipline within a health care setting and explores the place of prayer and ritual, personal and interpersonal dynamics, self-care and accountability and ministry to the hospital as an institution. Participants' own context and practice in a health care setting is a key focus in the module.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:-
- Demonstrate a theological understanding of health, sickness and death;
- Examine clinical and therapeutic models of well being and disease
- Demonstrate a historical and contextual understanding of the role of chaplaincy, including a critical reflection on the place of prayer and ritual action in a health care setting
- Examine the dynamic interplay between role identity, self-understanding, accountability and supervision in the ministry of a health care chaplain
- Identify, critically analyse and employ appropriate action/reflection models to evaluate clinical pastoral experience
- Demonstrate an ability to employ insights from a range of disciplines relevant to the role of a health care chaplain
Learning Activities
Teacher managed learning: 24 hours
Student managed learning: 276 hours
Assessment Method
Essay or project (6000 words).
Outline Content
- Theological anthropology and in particular understandings of health, sickness and healing within the Christian Tradition
- Pastoral theology and praxis as a distinct discipline within health care
- The role of prayer and ritual
- Personal and interpersonal dynamics in an interdisciplinary setting
- Self monitoring and accountability
- Ministry to the institution.
Key Texts
- Cobb, M and Robshaw, V, 1998. The Spiritual Challenge of Healthcare. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone
- Goodliff, P, 1998.Care in a Confused Climate: Pastoral Care and Postmodern Culture. London: Darton, Longman & Todd
- Graham,Elaine; Walton,Heather; and Ward, Frances (2005) Theological Reflections: Methods. SCM Press: London
- Murray, Derek (2002) Faith in the Hospices: Spiritual care and the end of life, SPCK: London
- Orchard,Helen ed. (2001) Spirituality in Health Care Contexts. Jessica Kingsley: London
- Stoter, D, 1995. Spiritual Aspects of Healthcare. St. Lewis, MI: Mosby
- Vanstone, W H, 1982/2004. The Stature of Waiting. London:Darton, Longman & Todd
- Woodward, J, 1995. Encountering Illness: Voices in Pastoral and Theological Perspective. London: SCM