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Clinical Pastoral Education
A leading training center for health care chaplains
Founded and maintained as a faith-based organization, HealthEast Care System understands its mission of providing health care as a calling to offer compassionate service in this world. Chaplains sustain this heritage and identity through their daily ministry.
HealthEast provides a unique and rich environment in which to learn Spiritual Care. A variety of settings give students the opportunity to have diverse experiences and tailor their clinical training to individual learning needs. Find out more about HealthEast.
As a part of HealthEast's Spiritual Care department, students function as members of the chaplaincy staff, becoming an integral part of the interdisciplinary care provided throughout HealthEast. Facilities and services where students may serve include:
- Bethesda Hospital
- St. John's Hospital
- St. Joseph's Hospital
- HealthEast Hospice Care
- Woodwinds Health Campus
- Three affiliated senior care centers
Each student works alongside a staff chaplain who serves as a mentor for clinical ministry. Each student also regularly leads worship at a HealthEast facility and participates in the Spiritual Care department's on-call system. Through this structure students experience the breadth and depth of ministry as a chaplain.
Students meet regularly as a group to review case studies, discuss issues of practical theology, critique each other's pastoral work and hear didactic presentations. Written accounts of pastoral visits and reflection papers on significant experiences are the focus of these seminars and individual supervisory sessions.
A track record of excellence
A track record of excellence marks the CPE Program at HealthEast:
- 100% of surveyed graduates indicated they would recommend CPE at HealthEast to others and take another unit themselves if the opportunity arose.
- 70% of the past four residency graduating classes have found employment as chaplains within six months of completing the program.
- 100% of graduates surveyed in 2008 rated program components, such as case presentations, didactic seminars and self-directed learning, as "excellent" or "very good."
- The most recent accreditation review noted the program's excellence in addressing educational standards and curriculum.
Calendar
Residency year:
- August 28, 2009 through
August 27, 2010
The program is conducted by HealthEast's supervisory staff.
Learn more about residency positions (pdf).
Extended units:
- Fall 2009 through Spring 2010
Supervisor to be announced.
Learn more about the extended unit program (pdf).
Tuition is $750 per unit. A surcharge applies for non-HealthEast clinical assignments.
To apply
There is no charge to apply and interview for a CPE unit offered by HealthEast. Applications are considered as they are received. A $250 non-refundable deposit is required at the time of acceptance into a program. Click for an application (pdf).
Send completed applications to:
Cindy Rudh, CPE Registrar
Spiritual Care Department
559 Capitol Boulevard
St. Paul, MN 55103
For additional information or application forms, call the CPE registrar at 651-326-2000 or send an e-mail.
Supervisory staff
The Rev. Scott W. Hinrichs
Vice President of Spiritual Care and Mission
Send an e-mail
The Rev. Allen J. Dundek
System Director for Clinical Pastoral Education
Midway Campus
Send an e-mail
The Rev. Nancy R. Wigdahl
System Director for Spiritual Care
Bethesda Hospital
Send an e-mail
About St. Paul
St. Paul, Minnesota’s capital city, has been called the last of the eastern cities, with a strong European influence, deep historic roots, friendly people and superior educational systems.
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