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ForwardInaugural North Texas Regional Symposium: Medicine & Meaning: A Symposium on Religion & Health
Description
Registration with continuing education credit is $25
The Thursday (2/19/26) plenary session introduces the central ethical and clinical themes of the symposium by examining the role of hope in medicine, particularly in contexts of serious illness and end-of-life care. Drawing on philosophical and religious theory, narrative ethics, and chaplaincy practice, the session explores how hope functions as a constitutive element of patient identity rather than a form of cognitive error or denial. The speakers will challenge common clinical assumptions that frame hope as something to be corrected or eliminated in favor of prognostic alignment, arguing instead that such approaches can undermine trust, exacerbate conflict, and erode therapeutic relationships. The session emphasizes how healthcare practitioners can honor patient hope while remaining clinically honest, ethically grounded, and attentive to medical realities.
Target Audience
This program is open to all healthcare professionals who work in primary care, healthcare institutions and academia. Continuing education credit is available for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, licensed professional counselors and public health professionals.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe how religious, spiritual, and cultural commitments shape patient experiences, decision-making, and expressions of suffering;
- Apply communication strategies for engaging belief-informed concerns in clinical encounters and interdisciplinary settings; and
- Identify opportunities for effective collaboration with chaplains, ethicists, and other professionals when navigating complex medical decisions in the context of culturally sensitive care
Mathew Crawford
Kanwal Ahmed, PGY-4 Psychiatry Resident
Mathew Crawford
Kristin Klade, MDiv, BCC
Kimbell Kornu, MD, PhD
Angela MacDonald
Brandon Morgan, PhD, BCC
Eli Shupe, PhD, Philosophy
Devan Stahl, PhD, MDiv, HEC-C
Laurie Zoloth
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and Tarrant County Ethics Consortium is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing Education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit.
American Osteopathic Association
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility Credit
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth determined that this CME activity provides 2 hours towards the Texas State Board of Medical Examiner's standard, annual ethics/professional responsibility requirement.
National Board of Public Health Examiners
This activity is approved for 2.00 credit(s) accepted by the National Board of Public Health Examiners' Certified Public Health (CPH) recertification program.
Texas Administrative Code
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity meets the requirements for continuing education for Texas-licensed Professional Counselors and Texas-licensed Marriage and Family Therapists.
Designations
Physicians
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this program for a maximum of 2 hours of AOA Category 1B/2B CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in the activity.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Certified Public Health Professionals
This activity provides 2.00 contact hours.
Social Workers
Social Workers completing this course receive 2.00 contact hour of continuing education credits.
Licensed Professional Counselors
This activity provides 2.00 contact hours.
Certificate of Attendance
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity for 2.00 hour of participation.
Available Credit
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.00 ANCC
- 2.00 AOA Category 2-A
- 2.00 ASWB Credit
- 2.00 Certified Public Health (CPH)
- 2.00 Ethics
- 2.00 Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
- 2.00 HSC Participation
Price
Requests for refunds must be received in writing by February 2, 2026, to receive a full refund less a $10 admin fee. Refund requests must be received in writing by HSC, [email protected]. No refunds will be issued after February 2, 2026, except for documented medical emergencies. No shows are not eligible for refunds.