OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to: 1) Define & explain spirituality, religion, and the relationship between us, 2) Review the biology of belief, 3) Identify the relationship between serious illness and religious thinking, 4) Recognize & explain the role religious belief has in many person’s medical decision making, 5) Describe the evolving state of religious belief in the USA.

FACULTY DISCLOSURE: Dr. Robert Fine does not have any financial relationship(s) with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

PLANNER DISCLOSURE: Dr. Andrejs Avots-Avotins; Alaina Tellson PhD, RN, NPD-BC, NE-BC; and Crystal Brooks, LMSW, ACM-SW, CTP, have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

ACCREDITATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION:  The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC:  Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

NURSING CE: This continuing education offering is approved for 1.0 CNE. Baylor Scott & White Health System is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

SOCIAL WORK: This program was screened and preliminarily determined to be related to the practice of social work.  The Behavioral Health Executive Council will make the final determination as to whether the activity claimed by the licensee is directly related to the practice of social work. This educational activity is provided by a provider who is approved or endorsed by an International, national, regional, state, or local association of medical, mental, or behavioral health professionals  BSWH SW CE Approval #215621.

Meets Texas Requirements for 1 Hour of Ethics/Professional Responsibility Credit