2010 Mayo Spiritual Care Research Conference

Thursday and Friday, November 4-5, 2010

Description and goals
Mayo Clinic is pleased to announce its 2010 Mayo Spiritual Care Research Conference, Spirituality and Health Across the Life Span: Investigation and Application to be held November 4 and 5, 2010 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Spiritual Care Research Conference provides an exciting opportunity for researchers, educators, and care providers to discuss work related to spirituality and health.

The goals of the conference are to:
• Encourage the conduct of spiritual care research and its application to practice.
• Provide a forum for the dissemination of spiritual care research findings from
investigations into spirituality, spiritual well-being and spiritual distress, religiosity
and health across the life span.
• Encourage exploration of the application of these research findings to further research and/or practice.

Intended audience
This program is designed for nurses, physicians, chaplains, pastors, social workers and other healthcare providers who work in direct patient care, research, management, education, and administration in a variety of settings and are interested in spiritual care research.

About the providers
Mayo Clinic is the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the world. Healthcare providers from every medical specialty work together to care for patients, joined by common systems and a philosophy of “the needs of the patient come first.” More than 2,500 physicians and scientists and 42,000 allied health staff work at Mayo Clinic, which has sites in Rochester, Minnesota, Jacksonville, Florida, and Scottsdale/ Phoenix, Arizona.

Mayo is committed to advancing the knowledge and skills of healthcare professionals.
Mayo Continuing Nursing Education conducts educational conferences that will
advance nursing practice.

Mayo Continuing Nursing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Mayo Chaplain Services promotes the spiritual healing and growth of patients, families and staff. Mayo chaplains are committed to working as peers within the healthcare team and contributing a pastoral voice to the multidisciplinary conversation.

The Research Committee of the Saint Marys Hospital Sponsorship Board, Inc. promotes and supports scientific inquiry that addresses one or more of the Mayo/Franciscan values -- primacy of the patient, trust, commitment to excellence through teamwork, spiritual support, compassion, and respect for persons served and serving -- at Mayo Clinic Rochester. The Committee has awarded funding for research in areas such as ethics, values, and the spiritual dimension in healthcare.

View the conference brochure