[Partner Event] Spiritual Care for Patients with Cancer: What We Can Learn from Big Data

This event is co-presented by the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab, Transforming Chaplaincy, and The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center – The James Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research tells us that religion and spirituality play an important role for patients with a cancer diagnosis. However, we know very little about which cancer patients receive spiritual care and what type of care they receive. Colleagues at The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center – The James Comprehensive Cancer Center have examined data from 14,322 cancer patients treated at their hospital between 2015 and 2019*.

They used this data to describe who received any spiritual care, demographic and clinical differences between patients that did or did not receive spiritual care, and the types of spiritual care they received. This webinar will summarize the results of their research and discuss the value of this ‘big data’ approach to advancing research about spiritual care.

The moderator for this event is:
Petra Sprik, MDiv, MPH, BCC, Chaplain, Department of Supportive Oncology, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC and Convener, Oncology and Outpatient Care Research Network, Transforming Chaplaincy

Presenters include:
Elizabeth Palmer Kelly, PhD, Research Analytics Specialist, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Hanci Newberry, MDiv, BCC, The Director of the Department of Chaplaincy and CPE, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Timothy M Pawlik, MD, MTD, MPH, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, The Urban Meyer III and Shelley Meyer Chair for Cancer Research, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Kelsey White, MDiv, MSc, BCC, PhD Candidate & Research Assistant, Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT), Department of Health Management & System Sciences, School of Public Health & Information Sciences, University of Louisville