Vanshdeep Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 6073966 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vanshdeep Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vanshdeep |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6266-9944 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Sustainability and Adaptability of a Community Health Advisor-Led Educational Program in Faith-Based Organizations in Underserved Communities during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Promoting Resilience in Healthcare Workers: A Preventative Mental Health Education Program
Healthcare workers face greater risks for mental health conditions and chronic stress due to the demanding nature of their roles. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these challenges and increased vulnerabilities to long-term mental health conditions. The present study adapts an existing resilience-based educational workshop program to address the time constraints and unique needs of the healthcare workforce in a post-COVID-19 world. Expanded from …
Effectiveness of CBT-Informed Behavioral Health Interventions for Health Care Workers in a Specialized Clinical Service During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Objectives. To evaluate symptomatology and clinical outcomes among treatment-seeking health care workers (HCWs). We examined engagement, presenting symptomatology, and treatment outcomes among a diverse group of HCWs in a large urban health system. Methods. Demographic and pretreatment–posttreatment outcome data were available for 69 HCWs who sought cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), with or without medication management, at a specialized clinic…
A Resilience Program for Hospital Security Officers During the Covid-19 Pandemic Using a Community Engagement Model
Development and initial validation of the Mount Sinai Resilience Scale
Collectively, the results of this study provide initial support for the convergent and discriminant validity of the MSRS and describe its factor structure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
What organizational and business models underlie the provision of spiritual care in healthcare organizations? An initial description and analysis
Two-thirds of American hospitals have chaplains. This article explores the organizational and business models that underlie how chaplains are integrated into hospitals. Based on interviews with 14 chaplain managers and the 11 healthcare executives to whom they report at 18 hospitals in 9 systems, we identify three central findings. First, there is significant variation in how spiritual care programs are staffed and integrated into their hospitals…
Ethics education in clinical pastoral education: Prevalence and types
Chaplains frequently serve on ethics committees, as ethics consultants, and as Institutional Review Board (IRB) members in hospitals. However, little is known about how Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) residents are trained in ethics and whether this training is appropriate or adequate for chaplains' subsequent work in health care settings. We created a survey to canvas 222 CPE residency programs in the United States accredited by the ACPE: The …
CPE for leaders: Adapting Clinical Pastoral Education’s learning methodology for healthcare managers and directors
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), a training program for spiritual care providers, was adapted to meet the leadership development needs of a group of six healthcare managers. A focus group was conducted with the six participants to learn more about the program and its effects. Using thematic analysis, transcripts of the focus group were analyzed and seven themes were identified. Participants reported that the program facilitated trust and honest…
M.I.C.A.H. Project Heal: Sustainability of a Faith-Based Community Health Advisor Training Program in Urban Underserved Communities in the USA
Predictive model for chaplain taxonomy patterns identified through latent class analysis among infants in a pediatric inpatient setting
This study investigated patterns of spiritual care provided to inpatient infants and their parents, based on a taxonomy developed to describe spiritual care activities provided by chaplains. Data from 821 visits with 433 patients were included in the analyses. We applied a data-driven statistical approach, Latent Class Analysis (LCA), to identify patterns of taxonomy items that may be used for spiritual care. Three distinct patterns were identifi…
Using the Taxonomy: A Standard Vocabulary of Chaplain Activities
At present, the field of chaplaincy does not have a standardized vocabulary for the activities that chaplains conduct in different institutions and settings. This is a hindrance when making comparisons among various chaplain activities across institutions and drawing conclusions from the data reported. Recently a standardized vocabulary, the Advocate Taxonomy, was developed by a group of chaplains and there was consensus agreement that the taxono…
Prevalence of Journal Clubs: A Survey of Clinical Pastoral Education Residencies in the United States
Journal clubs are an established and effective method of promoting research literacy and evidence-based practice in the medical field. However, their use in clinical pastoral education (CPE) residencies is relatively new and largely unstudied. In 2016 we surveyed 201 ACPE certified educators of CPE residency programs throughout the United States. Eighty-eight certified educators participated in this first-of-its-kind study. Our aim was to determi…
Adapting Health through Early Awareness and Learning Program into a New Faith-Based Organization Context
Through close partnerships with churches in underserved communities, it was possible to successfully adapt a CHA health education training program
Do Journal Clubs Work? The Effectiveness of Journal Clubs in a Clinical Pastoral Education Residency Program
Journal clubs are an established means of ongoing learning in medicine. Beginning with physicians in the nineteenth century, journal clubs have gradually become established in nursing and other allied health professions. However, their use in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is relatively new. We describe the creation of a journal club for CPE residents and discuss the lessons learned from this effort. Over two years, a journal club was conducte…
The Differential Effects of Chaplain Interventions on Patient Satisfaction
There is an acute need to define the specific skills that make chaplains integral to the healthcare team. This prospective study attempts to identify those skills that may be specific to chaplains, for whom no other member of the health care team has similar training, and to examine if these skills have a differential effect on patient satisfaction. A total of 59 interventions were identified and grouped into 10 categories by focus groups compris…
The Impact of Hospital Size on CMS Hospital Profiling
BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) profile hospitals using a set of 30-day risk-standardized mortality and readmission rates as a basis for public reporting. These measures are affected by hospital patient volume, raising concerns about uniformity of standards applied to providers with different volumes. OBJECTIVES: To quantitatively determine whether CMS uniformly profile hospitals that have equal performance levels b…
Relationship Between Chaplain Visits and Patient Satisfaction
This prospective study investigated the relationship between chaplain visits and patient satisfaction, as measured by Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) and Press Ganey surveys from 8,978 patients who had been discharged from a tertiary care hospital. Controlling for patients' age, gender, race, ethnicity, language, education, faith, general health status, and medical conditions, chaplain visits increased th…
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Relationship Between Chaplain Visits and Patient Satisfaction
This prospective study investigated the relationship between chaplain visits and patient satisfaction, as measured by Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) and Press Ganey surveys from 8,978 patients who had been discharged from a tertiary care hospital. Controlling for patients' age, gender, race, ethnicity, language, education, faith, general health status, and medical conditions, chaplain visits increased th…
The Differential Effects of Chaplain Interventions on Patient Satisfaction
There is an acute need to define the specific skills that make chaplains integral to the healthcare team. This prospective study attempts to identify those skills that may be specific to chaplains, for whom no other member of the health care team has similar training, and to examine if these skills have a differential effect on patient satisfaction. A total of 59 interventions were identified and grouped into 10 categories by focus groups compris…
The Impact of Hospital Size on CMS Hospital Profiling
BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) profile hospitals using a set of 30-day risk-standardized mortality and readmission rates as a basis for public reporting. These measures are affected by hospital patient volume, raising concerns about uniformity of standards applied to providers with different volumes. OBJECTIVES: To quantitatively determine whether CMS uniformly profile hospitals that have equal performance levels b…
Do Journal Clubs Work? The Effectiveness of Journal Clubs in a Clinical Pastoral Education Residency Program
Journal clubs are an established means of ongoing learning in medicine. Beginning with physicians in the nineteenth century, journal clubs have gradually become established in nursing and other allied health professions. However, their use in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is relatively new. We describe the creation of a journal club for CPE residents and discuss the lessons learned from this effort. Over two years, a journal club was conducte…
Adapting Health through Early Awareness and Learning Program into a New Faith-Based Organization Context
Through close partnerships with churches in underserved communities, it was possible to successfully adapt a CHA health education training program
Prevalence of Journal Clubs: A Survey of Clinical Pastoral Education Residencies in the United States
Journal clubs are an established and effective method of promoting research literacy and evidence-based practice in the medical field. However, their use in clinical pastoral education (CPE) residencies is relatively new and largely unstudied. In 2016 we surveyed 201 ACPE certified educators of CPE residency programs throughout the United States. Eighty-eight certified educators participated in this first-of-its-kind study. Our aim was to determi…
Predictive model for chaplain taxonomy patterns identified through latent class analysis among infants in a pediatric inpatient setting
This study investigated patterns of spiritual care provided to inpatient infants and their parents, based on a taxonomy developed to describe spiritual care activities provided by chaplains. Data from 821 visits with 433 patients were included in the analyses. We applied a data-driven statistical approach, Latent Class Analysis (LCA), to identify patterns of taxonomy items that may be used for spiritual care. Three distinct patterns were identifi…
Using the Taxonomy: A Standard Vocabulary of Chaplain Activities
At present, the field of chaplaincy does not have a standardized vocabulary for the activities that chaplains conduct in different institutions and settings. This is a hindrance when making comparisons among various chaplain activities across institutions and drawing conclusions from the data reported. Recently a standardized vocabulary, the Advocate Taxonomy, was developed by a group of chaplains and there was consensus agreement that the taxono…
What organizational and business models underlie the provision of spiritual care in healthcare organizations? An initial description and analysis
Two-thirds of American hospitals have chaplains. This article explores the organizational and business models that underlie how chaplains are integrated into hospitals. Based on interviews with 14 chaplain managers and the 11 healthcare executives to whom they report at 18 hospitals in 9 systems, we identify three central findings. First, there is significant variation in how spiritual care programs are staffed and integrated into their hospitals…
Ethics education in clinical pastoral education: Prevalence and types
Chaplains frequently serve on ethics committees, as ethics consultants, and as Institutional Review Board (IRB) members in hospitals. However, little is known about how Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) residents are trained in ethics and whether this training is appropriate or adequate for chaplains' subsequent work in health care settings. We created a survey to canvas 222 CPE residency programs in the United States accredited by the ACPE: The …
CPE for leaders: Adapting Clinical Pastoral Education’s learning methodology for healthcare managers and directors
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), a training program for spiritual care providers, was adapted to meet the leadership development needs of a group of six healthcare managers. A focus group was conducted with the six participants to learn more about the program and its effects. Using thematic analysis, transcripts of the focus group were analyzed and seven themes were identified. Participants reported that the program facilitated trust and honest…
M.I.C.A.H. Project Heal: Sustainability of a Faith-Based Community Health Advisor Training Program in Urban Underserved Communities in the USA
A Resilience Program for Hospital Security Officers During the Covid-19 Pandemic Using a Community Engagement Model
Development and initial validation of the Mount Sinai Resilience Scale
Collectively, the results of this study provide initial support for the convergent and discriminant validity of the MSRS and describe its factor structure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Promoting Resilience in Healthcare Workers: A Preventative Mental Health Education Program
Healthcare workers face greater risks for mental health conditions and chronic stress due to the demanding nature of their roles. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these challenges and increased vulnerabilities to long-term mental health conditions. The present study adapts an existing resilience-based educational workshop program to address the time constraints and unique needs of the healthcare workforce in a post-COVID-19 world. Expanded from …
Effectiveness of CBT-Informed Behavioral Health Interventions for Health Care Workers in a Specialized Clinical Service During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Objectives. To evaluate symptomatology and clinical outcomes among treatment-seeking health care workers (HCWs). We examined engagement, presenting symptomatology, and treatment outcomes among a diverse group of HCWs in a large urban health system. Methods. Demographic and pretreatment–posttreatment outcome data were available for 69 HCWs who sought cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), with or without medication management, at a specialized clinic…
Sustainability and Adaptability of a Community Health Advisor-Led Educational Program in Faith-Based Organizations in Underserved Communities during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Medicine (15 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Nursing (12 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (11 works) · Health care (10 works) · Medical education (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Family medicine (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Psychological intervention (4 works)