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This document gives an overview of Clinical Pastoral Education through the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania according to the following headings: Program Clinical Site Program Formats Qualifications and Application Process Students Rights Regarding CPE Records CPE at UPHSThe ACPE center at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the ACPE to offer Level 1, Level 2, and Supervisory Education, and offers Clinical Pastoral Education in a stimulating and demanding setting. Student placement is at the 770-bed Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at 34th and Spruce Streets. Student experiences in this ACPE center are enriched by the context of a Health System that includes the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and seven hospitals. The program also benefits from the influence of the University of Pennsylvania environment in general, the University Department of Religious Studies, the School of Nursing, and the University Chaplain's Office. Students learn through their involvement in a Department that is fully part of a teaching hospital. Both the patient population and the Pastoral Care Department are characterized by religious and cultural diversity. Accredited CPE programs are offered at Level 1 and Level 2 and at the Supervisory Education Level. Programs are offered in full-time Summer Internships, full-time stipended 12-month Residencies, and part-time Extern programs, as well as in Supervisory Education programs in cooperation with other ACPE centers in the Philadelphia/Eastern Pennsylvania area--The Eastern Pennsylvania Institute of Clinical Supervision. CPE has been accredited at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania since 1985. Education is a foundational element of the mission of the Department. Levels of CPE and National ACPE contact information:
The Faculty:
Program Clinical SiteThe Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP), located at 34th & Spruce, is a 770-bed teaching hospital. Regularly ranked among the top ten institutions in the country as the Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania Penn Presbyterian, the complex of facilities offers tertiary/quaternary care in the fields of Oncology, Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Transplantation, Orthopedics, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and GI Surgery, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Nephrology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, Urology, and Ear, Nose & Throat. Founded in 1847, HUP was the nation's first university teaching hospital and remains a primary teaching site for the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. It is part of the campus of the University of Pennsylvania and has had an active CPE program since 1985. Program Formats at HUPTwelve-Month Residency Program: A stipended residency, running full-time from late August to late August, which allows students to develop further their spiritual care competencies and explore various specialty areas within UPHS. A previous 1A unit of CPE is the usual prerequisite. Residents completing the program receive three units of ACPE credit Full-time (Residency) students can expect the following responsibilities:
Externships: Part-time programs offer persons in school or with full-time employment the opportunity to achieve one unit of CPE over a 26-week period at HUP (--approximately 15-20 hours per week, including monthly 8-12 hour on-call duty shift, 10 hours of patient care, and 4 hours of seminars weekly at HUP. The Extended HUP program unit begins in September. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Part-Time (Entern) students can expect the following responsibilities:
Qualifications and Application ProcessThe CPE Application Form (--see our Application Procedure page) begins the process. An interview on site is preferable, but first-unit students are accepted on the basis of an application plus a screening interview by a qualified CPE interviewer. One unit of CPE is the prerequisite for stipended residencies, and four units of CPE is the usual prerequisite for Tier II Supervisory Education. Special consideration for international students is offered with regard to equivalencies and interviews. The center accepts and approves applications on an individual basis rather than on program deadlines. Therefore, the order that applications are received is an important consideration in acceptance. Balancing the participants in the peer group is also a consideration in reviewing the applicants. "Either graduation from high school/GED or ordination (or equivalent) by a faith community or commission to function in ministry by an appropriate religious authority" is required of all ACPE applicants [Standard 231.3]. Such ordained ministers, members of religious orders, students, and lay person with sufficient grounding in their religious tradition and sufficient personal spiritual maturity to function as chaplains in the hospital setting and with openness to a pluralistic, inter-faith setting and receptiveness to small-group, self-reflective experiential learning will be considered for admission. Additional admission requirements for Supervisory Education students are provided in the Supervisory Education program description for this center. College and seminary preparation is usual for Residents, but equivalent experience is considered. Student Rights Regarding CPE RecordsThis ACPE CPE Center/program guarantees to its students the rights to inspect and review educational records, to seek to amend them, to specified control over release of record information, and to file a complaint against the program for alleged violation of these Family Education and Privacy Act (FERPA) rights. A student has the right to object to record content. If not negotiable, the written objection will be kept with and released with the record. Grades are exempted from this right.
Violations of these protocols may be reported to the Chair of the Accreditation
Commission at:
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