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Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)

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Educational Outcomes

Midterm and final evaluations will be submitted to your supervisor and presented to your peer group. In addition, students will be expected to address these outcomes and objectives of CPE:

Level I CPE

  • Articulate central themes of her or his religious heritage and theological understanding, that inform one's ministry.
  • Identify and discuss major life events and relationships that impact on personal identity as expressed in pastoral functioning.
  • Demonstrate the ability to initiate helping relationships.
  • Initiate peer group and supervisory consultation and receive critique about one's ministry practice.
  • Risk offering appropriate and timely critique.
  • Utilize the clinical method of learning to achieve educational goals.
  • Demonstrate the ability to integrate in pastoral practice conceptual understandings presented in the curriculum.
  • Formulate clear and specific goals for continuing pastoral formation with reference to one's strengths and weaknesses.
  • Recognize relational dynamics within group contexts.

Level II CPE

  • Articulate an understanding of the pastoral role that is congruent with his or her values, basic assumptions, and personhood.
  • Provide pastoral ministry to a variety of people, taking into consideration multiple elements of cultural and ethnic diversity, social conditions, systems, and justice issues without imposing one's own perspectives.
  • Demonstrate a range of pastoral skills, including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management, and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources.
  • Assess the strengths and needs of those served, based on an understanding of behavioral science and grounded in theology.
  • Manage ministry and administrative function in terms of accountability, productivity, self-direction, and clear, accurate clinical communication.
  • Demonstrate competent use of self in ministry and administrative function including emotional availability, appropriate self -disclosure, positive use of power, a non-anxious and nonjudgmental presence, and clear and responsible boundaries.
  • Establish collaboration and dialogue with peers, authorities and other professionals.
  • Demonstrate self-supervision through realistic assessment of one's pastoral functioning


In addition, the following will be met throughout the course of the unit:

  • Orientation to CPE Program, the Department of spiritual Care, and to Harborview Medical Center
  • Volunteer Orientation for Harborview Medical Center
  • A Statement of Ministry and a Learning Contract describing how you understand ministry, the role of spiritual care, and your goals (learning contract/covenant) for the unit identifying what you would like to learn to enhance your personal and professional functioning
  • Consult with a Chaplaincy Liaison of your choice on each of your units and document in spiritual Care office file
  • A journal, or process notes, of your personal and professional experiences to be utilized, as appropriate, in your individual supervision
  • Facilitate worship/spiritual practice/multi-faith prayer time on a rotating basis
  • Share responsibility for on-call coverage on a rotating basis
  • Participate in the spiritual care grand rounds
  • Prepare six verbatims
  • Prepare two theological reflections
  • A six to eight page written book review on text(s) selected in consultation with your supervisor
  • Present a written mid-unit evaluation
  • A final evaluation