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29
Oct
2010
2010
SiTEL Receives 2010 Healing Spirit Award
Posted by Todd Borghesani
The Department of Spiritual Care at Washington Hospital Center is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 Healing Spirit Award: Chaplain Linda G. Fischer, Washington Cancer Institute; Nicholas Ghartey, clinical care facilitator, IEIMC; Eunyoung L. Ho (Lydia) nurse, 2G ICU; Mary A. McIntrye, PACU medical office assistant and MedStar SiTEL Clinical Simulation Center. Our nomination came from the Department of Pastoral Care. For over three years, we have supported the Pastoral Care Program.
This award is to honor those individuals who, in the course of daily care for our patients, promote spiritual care as a part of the healing process, support the work of the department of Spiritual Care and incorporate the presence of chaplains as a vital part of interdisciplinary teams.
Since the late 1990′s, Spiritual Care has provided coverage for the neighboring, sister MedStar Health facility, National Rehabilitation Hospital. NRH specializes in treating persons with physical disabilities caused by spinal cord and head injuries, stroke, arthritis, amputation, multiple sclerosis, post-polio syndrome and other neurological and orthopedic conditions. The SIT Resident II Chaplain currently is the administrative chaplain of spiritual care services at NRH.
Washington Cancer Institute at Washington Hospital Center has a part-time Oncology Chaplain who, while not under Spiritual Care’s administration/budget, is affiliated and cooperative with the department’s planning and operation. A three day, intensive “Cancer Residency for Spiritual Caregivers” is offered twice yearly for community spiritual caregivers, as a cooperative venture of the Department of Spiritual Care and the Oncology Chaplain for Washington Cancer Institute.
The Catholic Diocese of Washington has appointed two priests and two nuns who provide daily Mass and visitation. They are assisted by lay Eucharistic visitors and seminarians.
The department also utilizes on an as-needed basis a cadre of former CPE students as contract on-call chaplains, for the coverage of shifts. Spiritual Care also has a number of volunteer-designated pastoral care givers/chaplains, who are called upon to visit persons from their specific faith group, for example , an Episcopal priest, Rabbi, Imam, Jehovah’s Witness, etc.
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Hollie Adejumo
Hollie Adejumo has been a high school intern at the SiTEL Clinical Simulation Center since 2010. Her principal areas of academic interest include chemistry, calculus, and global health. She is interested in providing medical services to the public and serving as a health advocate for underrepresented populations. Hollie hopes that her research will help to reduce unnecessary deaths in the future. She will pursue a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, which will enable her to combine her interests. Proceeding to obtain an MD/PhD will give her the ability to have autonomy in the practice of medicine. This year Ms. Adejumo will be assessing the need for orthopedic simulators, and hopes to begin designing a program for an orthopedic simulator by the end of the year. Outside of school, Hollie participates in a variety of activities. Although she has been a competitive swimmer for most of her life, she also enjoys running cross country and track.
Joyce Donnellan
As the Director of Learning Management, Joyce Donnellan brings over two decades of experience in critical care nursing education and professional development to SiTEL, Medstar’s Simulation and Training Environment Laboratory. She oversees the development and operation of SiTEL’s learning management system. Ms. Donnellan specializes in the development and integration of the learning management systems in complex and decentralized environments. She has extensive experience in education and training, including the development of curricula for both live and e-learning platforms. Ms. Donnellan enjoys collaborating with program directors, educators, and other stakeholders to develop training events and effective curricula. Her research endeavors include studying the impact of online learning on organizational behavior, as well as the integration of educational games into curriculum development. Joyce has presented nationally on e-learning topics, and on innovation in emergency preparedness training. She earned her Master’s of Science in Nursing degree from George Mason University.
Pamela Leonard
Pamela Leonard brings over 15 years of experience in critical care nursing and management to her role as the Director of the SiTEL’s Clinical Simulation Centers. Pam established the first simulation center for MedStar Health and now oversees the operations of several clinical simulation centers in the greater Washington, DC and Baltimore areas. She leads the Clinical Simulation Consulting Services at SiTEL, leveraging best practices pioneered at MedStar to integrate simulation training and education programs into healthcare operations. Pam works closely with Advanced Initiatives in Medical Simulation. AIMS is a coalition of individuals and organizations committed to promoting medical simulation as a way to improve patient safety, reduce medical errors, ensure provider competency, train people to respond to public emergencies and combat situations, and reduce health care costs.
