Duane R. Bidwell is an award-winning teacher, mentor, trainer, writer, and facilitator.
His new book, After the Worst Day Ever: What Sick Kids Know About Sustaining Hope in Chronic Illness, was published in March 2024 by Beacon Press.
Duane's research specializes in health professions education, comparative approaches to mental health and spirituality, educational leadership, and Buddhist-Christian studies.
His expertise includes:
His new book, After the Worst Day Ever: What Sick Kids Know About Sustaining Hope in Chronic Illness, was published in March 2024 by Beacon Press.
Duane's research specializes in health professions education, comparative approaches to mental health and spirituality, educational leadership, and Buddhist-Christian studies.
His expertise includes:
- complex religious bonds,
- suicide intervention,
- spiritual direction,
- brief coaching,
- solution-focused therapy, and
- narrative therapy
As an Educational, Teaching, and Research Associate for the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Duane serves on the faculty of the Department of Health Professions Education, Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
He directs a collaborative project between the university and the US Veterans Health Administration to improve educational leadership at medical centers across the country.
Duane has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, and his work has been featured on National Public Radio, CNN, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Interfaith Radio, and many podcasts.
Duane has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, and his work has been featured on National Public Radio, CNN, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Interfaith Radio, and many podcasts.
His last book, When One Religion Isn’t Enough: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People (Beacon Press, 2018), is a Christian Century bestseller and a Library Journal “Best Book of 2018.”
Books and Articles
After the Worst Day Ever: What Sick Kids Know about Sustaining Hope in Chronic Illness
Duane R. Bidwell
Beacon Press, 2024
Priority Competencies for Designated Education Officers in the Veterans Health Administration.
Duane R. Bidwell, Anita Samuel, Ronald M. Cervero, Steven J. Durning, Sherri L. Stephan, Erin L. Patel, Marjorie A. Bowman, Holly S. Meyer
Military Medicine , vol. 0(0), 2024, pp. 1-6
Duane R. Bidwell, Anita Samuel, Ronald M. Cervero, Steven J. Durning, Sherri L. Stephan, Erin L. Patel, Marjorie A. Bowman, Holly S. Meyer,
Academic Medicine, 2024
Spiritual Care in Totalitarian Contexts: Lessons from Cuba and Vietnam
Duane R. Bidwell, Daniel S. Schipani
Jill Snodgrass, The Art of Spiritual Care Across Religious Difference, Revised Edition, Fortress, 2024, pp. 131-152
Buddhist-Christian Resources for Spiritual Care: A Scoping Review and Projection
Duane R. Bidwell
Buddhist-Christian Studies, vol. 43, 2023, pp. 253-260
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