“The Pause”: Chaplain-Led Post-Traumatic Debriefs and Preliminary Research

A team of chaplains at Indiana University Health recently completed a two-year study about a chaplain-led “pause” – 10-minute compact “defusings” / debriefings for care teams following code blue resuscitation events at an adult Level 1 trauma center. The team gathered survey and interview data prior to implementing the debriefs about the care team’s experiences of these difficult events, and then piloted a clinically responsive intervention.

Join us for a discussion with the research team about preliminary findings and what other chaplains need to know about implementing post-traumatic debriefings for care staff. We’ll be joined by:

• Shelley Varner Perez, Research Chaplain and Senior Program Manager, IU Health
• Ann Cottingham, Health Services Researcher and Director of Research in Health Professions Education and Practice at IU School of Medicine
• Kelly Mathis, Staff Chaplain, IU Health
• Greg Morse, Staff Chaplain, IU Health

We are grateful for the support of Transforming Chaplaincy and IU Health for this webinar.