Establishing the Chaplain Role in a Primary Care Clinic Setting

Completed

Conditions studied: Emotional Disorder

In brief

In 2019, a full-time chaplain was placed in the Golden Cross Academic Clinic (GCAC), with the chaplain's focus being in the primary care internal medicine department. While research exists regarding chaplains in the inpatient setting, research regarding the presence of a full-time chaplain in a primary care setting as well as the topics patients discuss with that chaplain are limited.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06225219

Run by

Methodist Health System

People needed

312

Starts

2023-06-20

Expected to finish

2025-06-18

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• • Patient at the GCAC who are > 18 years old
• Met with a member of the on-staff chaplaincy during a visit to GCAC

You may not qualify if…

• • Patient did not meet with a member of the on-staff chaplaincy during a visit to GCAC

Where it is running

• Methodist Dallas Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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