Clinical Pastoral Education

Since its inception in 1951, the Clinical Pastoral Education Program at Legacy Health System has introduced lay persons, graduate theological students and ordained/licensed clergy persons to specialized forms of ministry within the context of a modern healthcare system and parish settings. Students engage in such activities as pastoral visits, participation in worship services, peer group seminars, verbatim case conferences, patient care conferences, interdisciplinary team meetings and individual supervision. In the context of these activities, the student has the supervised opportunity to explore pastoral and personal identity, learn from and about interpersonal relationships, and examine her/his attitudes, values, culture and theological assumptions about life and ministry.

Admission Requirements

Legacy Health System’s Clinical Pastoral Education Program is accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) and offers supervised training to laypersons, theological students and ministers of all faiths.

  • Extended Half Unit - The minimum requirement for entrance is graduation from high school.
  • Summer Internship - The minimum requirement for entrance is two (2) years of seminary.
  • Year-long Residency - The minimum requirement for entrance is an M. Div. degree (or its equivalent) plus the successful completion of a single unit of CPE.

In its long history, the Clinical Pastoral Education Program at Legacy Health System has had approximately 630 graduates.  Click here to read what one graduate has to say about the program.

For further information write:

The Rev. Frederick G. A. Sickert
Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center
Spiritual Care and Education
2801 N. Gantenbein
Portland, OR 97227
    

Serving:
Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center
Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital
Oregon Burn Center

Or call Janet Edwards, Administrative Assistant
Phone: 503-413-4151
Fax: 503-413-2756
E-mail: fgasickert@lhs.org

For general information about Clinical Pastoral Education:

  • The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education
    1549 Clairmont Road, Suite 103
    Decatur, GA 30033
    http://www.acpe.edu/

  • The Rev. John H. Moody, Chair
    Pacific Health Ministry
    1245 Young Street, Suite 204
    Honolulu,HI. 96814
    www.pacificregionacpe.org

Last updated: 4/22/2008

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