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The ACPE Research Network Newsletter is published three times a year: in the Fall, Winter, and Spring. Issues contain not only items of current news about the Network but also items of enduring value on the subject of spirituality research and health and education, and items of this latter sort have been highlighted in bold type in this index for easy reference.

Members are encouraged to submit material by e-mailing the Network Convener at john.ehman@uphs.upenn.edu. Click on the links below to view recent issues.

  • On-Line Vol. 7. No. 1 (Fall 2008)
    • Research and ACPE: A Letter from ACPE President Bill Scrivener
    • A New Supervisor Plans Research into the ACPE Certification Process
    • Ideal Intervention Paper (IIP) Project Presented at National Conferences
    • Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the Society for Spirituality, Theology, and Health
    • New Theoretical Models for Spirituality in Multicultural, Whole-Person Medicine
    • 3-Factor Model for the FACIT-Sp
    • Research in the Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy
    • Convener's Report and Annual Meeting Agenda
  • On-Line Vol. 6. No. 3 (Spring 2008)
    • Author's Perspective on "Violently Injured Patients Seen in the Emergency Department of Barnes-Jewish Hospital: A Descriptive Study of Context, Future Views, and Spirituality," by (co-author) Lawrence Olatunde
    • Research Basics Class Offered at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Program in Patient Counseling
    • Southern Medical Association's Spirituality/Medicine Interface Project Website Goes Offline…but Should Return
    • Ideal Intervention Paper (IIP) Project --Update
    • Research and "Pastoral Concern in Relation to the Psychological Stress Caused by the Death of an Animal Companion"
    • Eleventh Annual Spirituality Research Symposium at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
    • Bibliography of Medline-Indexed Articles Published in 2007
  • On-Line Vol. 6. No. 2 (Winter 2008)
    • Author's Perspective on "Beliefs, Mental Health, and Evolutionary Threat Assessment Systems in the Brain," by Kevin Flannelly
    • Chaplain Receives Grant for fMRI Research
    • Ideal Intervention Paper (IIP) Project Continues to Develop --An Update
    • Bias in the Medline Literature Database: Thoughts on a Study of the Portrayal of Islam and Muslims
    • Convener's Report of the Annual Network Meeting, October 26, 2007, Dallas, TX
  • On-Line Vol. 6. No. 1 (Fall 2007)
    • Research Update from VCU's Program in Patient Counseling
    • "A Morning Rumination," by Jackson Kytle
    • Ideal Intervention Paper (IIP) Project Continues to Develop
    • Thoughts on William Osler's "Study of the Act of Dying"
    • Recent Journal Theme Issues on Spirituality
    • Announcement of the Annual Network Meeting, and a Note from the Convener
  • On-Line Vol. 5. No. 3 (Spring-Summer 2007)
    • Update on the Ideal Intervention Paper (IIP) Project
    • CPE Student Survey of PCA and OPC Chaplains
    • Research on Chaplain-to-Patient Bed Ratios
    • What Do Patients Want That They're Not Getting?
    • Clarification about the Spiritual Needs Assessment Scale
    • Web Finds: Center for Study of Health, Religion, and Spirituality at Indiana State University
    • Duke's Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health Revises Its Website
    • New Bibliography of Articles on Spirituality and Health from 2006
  • On-Line Vol. 5. No. 2 (Winter 2007)
    • Demonstrating the Contribution of Clinical Pastoral Care to Lawsuit Prevention: A Boilerplate Research Proposal, by John J. Gleason
    • Use of Standardized Patients in CPE and Research at the VCU Program in Patient Counseling
    • Chaplains at the Christiana Care Health System Collaborate on Research with the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center
    • Thoughts on Theory and Method in Chaplaincy Research, by Jackson Kytle
    • Web Find: Milestones --Newsletter from the John Templeton Foundation
    • Special Issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine
    • Article on Self-Transcendence in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
  • On-Line Vol. 5. No. 1 (Fall 2006)
    • Research Network Annual Meeting, November 18, 2006, in Tampa, FL
    • Current Research Initiatives by the Program in Patient Counseling at Virginia Commonwealth University
    • Spirituality/Medicine Interface Project of the Southern Medical Association
    • Chaplain Resident's Survey of Burn Centers with CPE Programs
    • A Report on the Pilot Phase of the Ideal Intervention Paper (IIP) Project: Introducing Pastoral Research into Clinical Pastoral Education, by Henry G. Heffernan
    • Editor's Note about Articles that Interpret Chaplaincy to Other Disciplines
    • Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing on Spirituality and Nursing
  • On-Line Vol. 4. No. 3 (Spring 2006)
    • Note to the Network from the Co-Author of Healthcare and Spirituality
    • Responses to the April 2006 Article-of-the-Month: an Ethnographic Study of Chaplains; and the Author's Reply
    • Survey Available On-Line about CPE Supervisors' Responsibilities and Time Allocations
    • Study Estimating How Many Hospitalized Patients Are Visited by Chaplains
    • Update on the "Structured Descriptions / Ideal Interventions" Project
    • Announcement of a New Center for Spirituality and the Mind
    • Bibliography of Articles on Spirituality and Health Indexed on Medline in 2005
    • Web Finds: An Annotated Bibliography on Dementia and Spirituality by the Christian Council on Ageing Dementia Group (UK)
  • On-Line Vol. 4. No. 2 (Winter 2006)
    • Poster Presentations from the Hawaii Conference
    • Update on the "Structured Descriptions" Project, with a Draft of a Student Manual
    • Study of Oregon Hospice Chaplains and Physician-Assisted Suicide
    • Web Finds: Accessing the General Social Survey Data
    • Two Special Journal Issues Focusing on Spirituality and Health
  • On-Line Vol. 4. No. 1 (Fall 2005)
    • Bibliographies of Articles on Spirituality and Health
    • Incidence of Religion/Spirituality in the Medline Index
    • "Responding to John Gleason's Challenge," by Henry Heffernan
    • Web Finds: NCCAM and CRISP
    • The Journal of Gerontological Social Work's Recent Theme Issues on Spirituality
    • Network Meeting in Honolulu HI, October 29th
  • On-Line Vol. 3. No. 3 (Spring 2005)
    • Network Award Applications/Nominations Due
    • Project by the Quality Commission for Pastoral Services
    • The Effect of a Chaplain's Presence in the Operating Room
    • Issues for Students to Keep in Mind when Reading Pastoral Care Research Studies
    • "Ways of Knowing" Handout
    • Web Finds
    • Spirituality & Health Bibliography
  • On-Line Vol. 3. No. 2 (Winter 2005)
    • "Looking for God in a Mind-Blowing Big Universe," by Frank Ciampa, CPE Supervisor (retired)
    • Twelve Guiding Questions for Incorporating Research into a CPE Curriculum
    • Special Feature on Spirituality in The Southern Medical Journal
    • A Proposal for a Strategic Approach to Developing Research in Chaplaincy
    • Interest in Research Using the "Beliefs About God Assessment Form" (BAGAF)
    • Convener's Report of the Fall Network Meeting in Portland, Maine
  • On-Line Vol. 3. No. 1 (Fall 2004) --Special "Web Finds" Issue
    • "Browsing the Internet: A CPE Supervisor's Exploration of Research and Resources on Religion in Rural America," by Margot Hover, DMin, ACPE/NACC Supervisor, St. Louis Cluster/Barnes-Jewish Hospital Community-based Program
    • Hartford Institute for Religion Research
    • Duke's Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health
    • Update on Larson Presentations On-Line
    • Article on Internet Resources for Spirituality and Health
    • National Institutes of Health
    • Convener's Report: Workshop at the Fall 2004 National ACPE Conference and Agenda for the Annual Network Meeting
  • On-Line Vol. 2. No. 3 (Spring 2004)
    • "An Approach to the Specification of Chaplain Visits," by Henry G. Heffernan, Staff Chaplain, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda MD
    • Web Finds: The Spirituality and Health Interest Group at MUSC
    • Network Workshop Scheduled for the Fall 2004 National ACPE Conference
  • On-Line Vol. 2. No. 2 (Winter 2004)
    • Excerpts from "Pastoral Research" by The Rev. John J. Gleason, DMin
    • The Rev. Joy Freeman Receives the Student Research Award
    • Notes from the Network Meeting in Lake Geneva, WI
  • On-Line Vol. 2. No. 1 (Fall 2003)
    • Introducing Students to Pastoral Care Research: Thoughts on Discussing Epistemological Questions
    • Grant Available to North Central Region Supervisors
    • Excerpts from "A Brief History of the Joint Council on Research in Pastoral Care and Counseling," by John R. Thomas
    • An Article of Interest about Richard C. Cabot
    • Convener's Report
    • Agenda for the Network Meeting at the Fall 2003 ACPE Conference
  • On-Line Vol. 1. No. 3 (Spring 2003)
    • Last Call for Research Award Applications
    • Thoughts on the Identification of Pastoral Care Interventions for Research
    • Web Finds: Conference Presentations On Line
    • Review: Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology [--Subsequently renamed Science and Theology News]
    • Convener's Report
  • On-Line Vol. 1. No. 2 (Winter 2002)
    • Call for More Listings on the Current Research Initiatives Page
    • Report of Original Research by Network Member Dick Tibbits
    • Web Finds: Research-Based Presentations On Line
    • Student Guide I: Thinking Critically about Questionnaire Items
    • Convener's Report
  • On-Line Vol. 1. No. 1 (Fall 2002)
    • Inauguration of Our New Network Web Site
    • New Arrangement for Network Dues
    • Awards Committee Members Needed
    • Notes of the Network Meeting at the 2002 ACPE Conference
    • Rabbi Mychal B. Springer Receives 2002 Researcher Award

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