Establishing the Chaplain Role in a Primary Care Clinic Setting

Description

In 2019, a full-time chaplain was placed in the Golden Cross Academic Clinic (GCAC), with the chaplain's focus being in the primary care internal medicine department. While research exists regarding chaplains in the inpatient setting, research regarding the presence of a full-time chaplain in a primary care setting as well as the topics patients discuss with that chaplain are limited.

Conditions

Emotional Disorder

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

In 2019, a full-time chaplain was placed in the Golden Cross Academic Clinic (GCAC), with the chaplain's focus being in the primary care internal medicine department. While research exists regarding chaplains in the inpatient setting, research regarding the presence of a full-time chaplain in a primary care setting as well as the topics patients discuss with that chaplain are limited.

Establishing the Chaplain Role in a Primary Care Clinic Setting

Establishing the Chaplain Role in a Primary Care Clinic Setting

Condition
Emotional Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Dallas

Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75203

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * • Patient at the GCAC who are \> 18 years old
  • * Met with a member of the on-staff chaplaincy during a visit to GCAC
  • * • Patient did not meet with a member of the on-staff chaplaincy during a visit to GCAC

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Methodist Health System,

Andrew Dowden, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Methodist Midlothian Medical Center

Study Record Dates

2024-06-24