{"id":2080,"date":"2019-12-17T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/blog\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2024-09-25T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T12:10:00","slug":"how-working-as-a-hospital-chaplain-informed-my-clinical-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/blog\/how-working-as-a-hospital-chaplain-informed-my-clinical-practice","title":{"rendered":"How Working as a Hospital Chaplain Informed My Clinical Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">In This Article<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/blog\/how-working-as-a-hospital-chaplain-informed-my-clinical-practice\/#I_take_myself_with_me_into_every_patient_encounter_whether_I_am_conscious_of_it_or_not\" >I take myself with me into every patient encounter, whether I am conscious of it or not.&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/blog\/how-working-as-a-hospital-chaplain-informed-my-clinical-practice\/#To_be_present_for_others_I_have_to_ground_myself_in_compassion_for_people_where_they_are_not_where_I_want_them_to_be\" >To be present for others, I have to ground myself in compassion for people where they are, not where I want them to be.&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/blog\/how-working-as-a-hospital-chaplain-informed-my-clinical-practice\/#I_am_here_to_care_for_patients_for_my_fellow_caregivers_and_also_to_care_for_myself\" >I am here to care for patients, for my fellow caregivers, and also to care for myself.&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/blog\/how-working-as-a-hospital-chaplain-informed-my-clinical-practice\/#%E2%80%9CYou_are_enough%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;You are enough.&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Being present and connecting with patients can be difficult for any healthcare professional student. Sharada details her experiences as a hospital chaplain which has afforded her to better connect and to be present for her patients as she continues her medical career.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I told my parents that I wanted to spend the summer after my first year of medical school in a hospital chaplaincy internship, they were confused, to say the least. Wouldn\u2019t it be more productive to conduct scientific research, like most of my classmates, or review anatomy? But working with people experiencing depression, chronic illness, and the effects of poverty made me realize that I didn\u2019t know how to be truly present with people in vulnerable moments, and I was missing opportunities to connect. If I really wanted to be the best doctor I could be, then I would have to learn how to sit with a patient\u2019s suffering, just as I learned how to auscultate their lungs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being a chaplain is different from being a medical student, and I am very much a beginner in both disciplines. However, spending a summer in intense contact with patients taught me many things that were unnoticed and unsaid in my medical education, but still have a profound impact on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/learn\/Clinician's_Corner:_Do's_and_don'ts_of_patient_care\">caring for patients as human beings<\/a>. Allow me to share my lessons with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_take_myself_with_me_into_every_patient_encounter_whether_I_am_conscious_of_it_or_not\"><\/span>I take myself with me into every patient encounter, whether I am conscious of it or not.&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This sounds simple, but it\u2019s true. Once given the opportunity and guidance to begin noticing, I could see that my nervousness, insecurities, and discomfort colored my every interpretation of patients\u2019 actions. For example, if they were angry, I assumed they were angry at&nbsp;<em>me<\/em>. Then I might react with defensiveness, or more nervousness\u2014but this wasn\u2019t productive. It wasn\u2019t necessarily even a true reflection of the space I had entered. In order to be truly present with the patient as they were, rather than being caught up in my own feelings,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/learn\/Clinician's_Corner:_Tips_on_empathetic_listening_for_clinicians\">I had to be mindful of what I projected onto them<\/a>, and set that aside. Even taking the space to pause and breathe can make a world of difference to everyone in the room.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/plans\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/fun-bite-sized-videos.png?w=700\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/fun-bite-sized-videos.png 700w, https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/fun-bite-sized-videos.png?resize=300,107 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"To_be_present_for_others_I_have_to_ground_myself_in_compassion_for_people_where_they_are_not_where_I_want_them_to_be\"><\/span>To be present for others, I have to ground myself in compassion for people where they are, not where I want them to be.&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This one was particularly difficult for me to come to terms with. Aren\u2019t we here to help people, to make things better? As a chaplain, the meaning of \u2018help\u2019 became more ambiguous. Was an encounter where I comforted a crying young woman a success? Did that mean an encounter where the patient was not comforted was a failure? Should I be aiming to comfort above all? This felt wrong to me\u2014jumping to wipe away a patient\u2019s tears disregards the very real grief and loss that they are experiencing, even though it\u2019s in the benevolent name of wishing things were different. I care very deeply about what&nbsp;<em>happens<\/em>&nbsp;to patients, but I can\u2019t control that. I don\u2019t have control over how they feel, and in fact, I often don\u2019t know what&nbsp;<em>would<\/em>&nbsp;be best for them. I can only direct my care to where people are in the moment. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_am_here_to_care_for_patients_for_my_fellow_caregivers_and_also_to_care_for_myself\"><\/span>I am here to care for patients, for my fellow caregivers, and also to care for myself.&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are all struggling somehow. It\u2019s difficult to be sensitive all the time, and tempting not to be when you\u2019re struggling yourself. But in reality, the work of caring that we are committed to as future medical professionals isn\u2019t confined to our professional lives. As difficult as it is, caring might be the most important thing we can give to others in our community, and to ourselves. I\u2019ve been surprised by how I can touch a peer just by reaching out and checking in\u2014and if I\u2019m the one who\u2019s sinking, how powerful it is to know that I am not alone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Healthcare is a stressful field; what we know and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osmosis.org\/learn\/Clinician's_Corner:_Diagnostic_errors\">the decisions we make could be life or death for patients<\/a>. I strongly believe we&nbsp;<em>should<\/em>&nbsp;feel the burden of this responsibility. As a chaplain, however, I wasn\u2019t making treatment decisions, or even interviewing patients. I wore a badge that said \u201cchaplain\u201d, but really, I was just me, sitting in the hospital room. In the face of cancer diagnoses and fetal demises and suicide attempts, what could&nbsp;<em>I<\/em>&nbsp;do for anyone?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let me end this article by telling you what my supervisor told me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CYou_are_enough%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><strong>&#8220;You are enough.&#8221;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your presence, your attention, and your sensitivity to the pain of others provide healing. These may seem small or unimportant, because you didn\u2019t go to school to learn them, because you were never graded nor awarded for them. Sometimes these parts of you are tested \u2013 sometimes you are not exactly who you\u2019d want to be. Sometimes you can think of that person who would have been&nbsp;<em>perfect<\/em>&nbsp;for the situation in which you find yourself \u2013 but they aren\u2019t there. You are.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are not perfect. But you are enough. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often the simplest truths need time and space to take root, and that is what chaplaincy gave to me. I hope these lessons serve you well, as they\u2019ve served me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Sharada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sharada is a 2nd year student at UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program. She grew up in Massachusetts, but is now a Californian through and through. Her interests in medicine include geriatrics and palliative care, but she&#8217;s keeping an open mind. 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