The “Welcome to the Team” podcast aims to help medical professionals, trainees and students learn more about the roles of the many different members of the interprofessional medical team. Each episode interviews one provider, ranging from pharmacists to chaplains, to dive into their career path and explore possible avenues for improved collaboration toward high quality, patient-centered care.

In this podcast, we discuss with Meagan Downing, Chaplain in Residence at Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Campus, the role of spiritual advisors in medical care, when to call the chaplain and how to better integrate the chaplain service into patient care.