In order to apply to our CPE programs, you must complete the following:

1. The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center CPE application, which includes essay questions and previous educator and student final evaluations, if applicable.
2. Payment of the $50 non-refundable application fee. Application fee may be remitted by check payable to "Johns Hopkins Bayview CPE," credit card, or money order. 

Please submit your application materials by email and follow the submission of your application with your $50 application fee in a timely fashion. If you need to mail your application fee, please make a note of that when you email your application materials. Payment can be mailed to:

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
c/o Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy
5300 Alpha Commons Drive, Suite 234
Baltimore, MD 21224

After submitting the above items, your application will be reviewed by an ACPE Certified Educator. Although not all applicants will be interviewed, you will be contacted within two to three weeks of receiving your application. Applicants who are interviewed will be notified of the admission decision within two to three weeks of the interview.

Openings regarding Certified Educator training may be obtained by contacting Rev. Dr. Marla Coulter-McDonald. Certified Educator applicants, please use this application.

Application Tips

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center CPE program is competitive. The following are helpful tips for completing your application:

1. Each essay question should not exceed 5 pages. Three to five well-developed paragraphs per question is typically long enough.
2. Consider being courageous when deciding what to share. Remember, this is a learning program in which you will be forming and developing for the purpose of providing empathic and effective spiritual care.
3. The helping incident you select may be enhanced by including dialogue in a verbatim format. You may also want to include a personal reflection paragraph or two at the conclusion, as a piece of analysis.
4. Clear and concrete goals for ministerial development are preferable to vague, abstract philosophies.

The CPE Interview

If you are invited for an interview at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, please verify the time and link one week in advance. You are encouraged to be 5-10 minutes early for your interview. Most interviews are conducted via Zoom video.

During the interview, you will be asked questions based upon your application. Please come to your interview prepared with questions you have about the CPE program and/or educators and the clinical context. Interviewers will be the CPE faculty, staff chaplains, and Professional Advisory Group members. Interviews typically last no longer than one hour.

Multiple factors go into the decision to accept or decline applicants. The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center CPE program does not discriminate against any person on any grounds and makes every attempt to be inclusive and seek diversity in all training groups. Depending upon the timeline for applicants and the beginning dates for a particular unit of training, it may be several weeks before all decisions about the upcoming training groups are made. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable to give specific feedback about the application process.