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SUMMARY:Symposium: Spiritual Care and Military Medicine: Insights from the
  War in Ukraine
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DESCRIPTION:Registration Now Open\nThe Spiritual Domain of Total Force Fit
 ness (TFF SPIFIT) and the Religious and Moral Assistance Services (SARM/DR
 MB)of the Directorate General Health & Wellbeing invite you to a half-day 
 symposium exploring the spiritual dimension of military medicine\, with re
 flections drawn from the experience of the war in Ukraine.\n📅 27 April 
 2026⏰ 09:00 – 13:00 | Coffee reception from 08:30📍 RMA – Salle Fr
 ank De Winne🗣️ Working language: English\, with Ukrainian–English i
 nterpretation\n\nAbout the Symposium\nThe war in Ukraine has highlighted t
 he challenges faced by armed forces in responding to mass-casualty situati
 ons (MASCAL) and mortuary affairs\, as well as the broader human and ethic
 al dimensions of military operations.\nOne important but often less visibl
 e aspect concerns the role of military chaplains in supporting personnel c
 onfronted with death\, trauma\, and moral injury.\nUkrainian chaplains and
  their service coordinator will share firsthand experiences of how spiritu
 al support is organized and implemented in a wartime medico-spiritual cont
 ext.\nUkrainian military chaplains will address the following topics:\n\n\
 nChaplains in the Ukrainian Medical Forces Command\n\n\nSpiritual Care in 
 Mass-Casualty Situations\n\n\nReligious Support in the Conditions of Moder
 n Warfare\n\n\nMortuary Affairs: Legal\, Spiritual\, and Practical Approac
 hes in Ukraine\n\n\nOrganization of Military Chaplaincy in Ukraine\n\n\n 
 \nAdditional presentations will provide the Belgian perspective on those t
 opics and highlight scientific gaps related to spiritual and medical fitne
 ss in Belgium\, followed by a round-table discussion.\nThe final programme
  will be released in April 2026.\n\nWho Should Attend?\nThis event is open
  to Belgian Defence personnel\, academics\, and researchers with an intere
 st in:\n\n\nmilitary medicine\n\n\nspiritual care\n\n\nmilitary ethics\n\n
 \noperational resilience\n\n\n \nAttendance is free. Places are limited 
 — register early to confirm your participation. \n\nhttps://events.mil.
 be/event/2090/
LOCATION:Frank de Winne (KMS - ERM)
URL:https://events.mil.be/event/2090/
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