LIFELONG LEARNING > SEMINARS > INTEGRATING SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH 2

October 10-29, 2005
Facilitator: Carl Aiken
12.0 contact hours

As society is recognizing the fragmentation of care for the body, mind, spirit, and soul, there is increased recognition of the need to integrate spirituality as an important dimension of health and healing. Such an integrative approach, as Carl Middleton writes, "is comprehensive, collaborative, personalized, and based on a multi-dimensional view of the patient." Through interdisciplinary, peer reflective dialogue around three key presentations participants will continue to explore this holistic focus. (Note: Participation in Part 1 is not required to participate.)

Presentations (one per week):

• "That 'Slippery Sucker' or ... Exploring Spirituality"
  by Carl Aiken, Coordinating Chaplain at the Women's and
  Children's Hospital in South Australia, and others as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  
  
• "Health of the Human Spirit" by Brian Luke Seaward , Ph.D., health promotion consultant and author of the book, Health of the Human Spirit, and faculty member of the University of Colorado-Boulder.

• "Medicine, Religion, and the Experience of Suffering" by David McCurdy, D.Min., Research Associate for the Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics.

Facilitator: Carl Aiken is the Coordinating Chaplain at the The Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia. The hospital is the major public paediatric and women's hospital in the state.