Our Part-Time Extended Internship offers a flexible schedule for those seeking to learn more about the provision of spiritual care and skill development. Typically, four to six students serve clinically on the Johns Hopkins Hospital campus, and four to six arrange remote clinical placements. The student groups meet weekly for didactics, lectures, discussion, and student presentations on Zoom. All interns must own the technology required to participate in the educational sessions (computer with video camera and microphone), as well as being comfortable with video conferencing and technology.

Interns are required to complete 100 education hours and 300 clinical hours over the course of the unit which are individually arranged and do not include on-call coverage. Students should anticipate 3-5 hours of education each week and 10-15 hours of clinical ministry. All of our interns are required to travel to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland two times during the unit for in-person components of our CPE Programming.

Thirty (30) days before the beginning of the program, our distance learners are required to arrange an agreement with a clinical site where they will provide spiritual care.

Prerequisites for Onsite Learners: 

• Graduation from an accredited college
• A completed application
• $50 application fee 
• An interview with a qualified interviewer 
• Cleared background check 
• Passed drug screening 
• Proof of required immunizations

Tuition for Onsite Learners: $825/CPE unit

Pre-requisites for Distance Learners:

• Graduation from an accredited college
• A completed application
• $50 application fee
• An interview with a qualified interviewer
• Comfort with video conferencing and technology
• Ownership of a computer with a video camera and microphone

Tuition for Distance Learners: $3,250/CPE unit

The Residency Program is advanced learning in the spiritual care environment. It is a full-time, year-long, clinical learning program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital that allows residents to complete three consecutive units of CPE. Residents accepted into this program are expected to work 40+hours/week including on-call coverage year-round. Residents develop and grow in their practice through assignments to specific clinical areas at The Johns Hopkins Hospital with opportunities to develop relationships with care partners, their families, and members of our interdisciplinary team. The Clinical Pastoral Education Residency offers several clinical training, classroom didactics, and rotation experiences to provide a well-rounded educational experience. 

Pre-requisites include:

• Master of Divinity Degree or equivalent
• Minimum of one ACPE, Inc. accredited CPE unit completed
• Ecclesiastical endorsement or in good standing with a faith group
• A completed application
• $50 application fee
• An interview with a qualified interviewer
• Eligibility to be an employee of the Johns Hopkins Health System

Tuition: $300/CPE unit ($900 per year)
Stipend: $35,568.20, in addition to a complete benefit package 

The Certified Educator Program is designed for the CPE student who has completed a minimum of four units of ACPE, Inc. accredited CPE and has met the requirements set forth by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. It is recommended that students considering entering the Certified Educator training program become familiar with the ACPE certification process. Certified Educator students are part of regional peer groups and are trained, one-on-one, with their Educator. Exposure to theory and group facilitation is often the beginning as a student enters this intensive education at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and, at minimum, lasts three years.

Please call 410-614-4154 for the most current information related to openings in this program.

Pre-requisites include:

• Master of Divinity Degree or equivalent
• Minimum of four completed accredited CPE units
• Ecclesiastical endorsement or in good standing with a faith group
• A completed Certified Educator Program application
• $50 application fee
• An interview with a qualified interviewer
• Eligibility to be an employee of the Johns Hopkins Health System

Orientation to The Johns Hopkins Hospital and CPE, Spiritual Assessment, Theological Reflection, and the Art of Spiritual Care

Didactics and Seminars explored include, but are not limited to:

• The History and Values of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Spiritual Assessment 101
• Cultural Humility and Curiosity: Spiritual Care in a Diverse Clinical Context
• Culture of Safety: Writing a HERO
• Listening skills
• Identity as a Spiritual Care Practitioner
• Story Theology Reflection
• The Danger of a Singular Story
• Live Verbatim
• Grief and Bereavement
• Group Dynamic Theories
• Introduction to Vicarious Trauma
• Trauma Informed Care and Psychological First Aid Model
• Feelings as Messengers
• JoHari Window
• Personality Theory and An Introduction to Enneagram Theory
• Karpman Triangle
• Imaginal Theories
• Board Certified Chaplain Pannel
• RISE Training
• Organ Donation after Cardiac or Brian Death
• Infrahumanization Theory
• Play Theory

The Use of Behavioral Sciences in the Provision of Spiritual Care with Care Partners, Families and Interdisciplinary Team Members

• Developmental Theories (review and apply - personality, moral, cognitive in preparation for board certification mock interviews and essay drafting)
• Spiritual development – Fowler
• Enneagram Workshop
• Spiritual Care at Hopkins in Historical Context
• Self, Politics and Race
• The Shadow and Spiritual Care
• Grief and Bereavement
• The Death and Dying Process
• Theology of Suffering and Theodicy
• Human Development/Personality Theory
• The Brain and the Arts in Spiritual Care, Neuroaesthetics
• Enneagram Workshop
• Crucial Conversations, Conflict Resolution
• Research Literacy
• Ethics
• The RISE Journey
• Development of Specialized Spiritual Care Model
• Story Theology
• The Third and Fourth Chair: Awareness of Transference and Countertransference

• Introduction to Ethics Consultation and Observation Opportunity
• The Utilization of Ritual in Spiritual Care
• Creating and Facilitating Spirituality Groups
• Resume Development and Consultation, Interview Strategies
• Professional Consultation Committees
• Models of Care in Chaplaincy
• Be Careful Empathy May Kill You
• Application of Complementary Modalities in the Clinical Context
• How to become a board-certified chaplain
• Opportunity for Mock BCC or interview committees
• Integrative Field Trip
• Film and Spiritual Care
• Final Research Projects and Presentations

The Clinical Pastoral Education Residency offers:

• 10 hours small group didactic and small group process weekly
• One-hour individual supervision
• Clinical work on assigned units, with orientation and mentoring by a board-certified chaplain
• Daily opportunities for provision of spiritual care on clinical units as well as on-call experiences
• Daily opportunities to work with the interdisciplinary team for resident’s unit

Reflection on clinical experiences engages residents in becoming more self-aware, developing and increasing active listening practice, spiritual assessment skills, and competence in providing meaningful interventions. Through this transformative process, students explore and begin to establish identity and authorization as clinical chaplains. Experienced staff chaplains and other members of the interdisciplinary team provide opportunities for mentoring, co-creation, and collaboration. Residents are assigned at least one ICU as well as general medicine floors during the residency. Selection of units is a dialogical process addressing resident learning goals and advisement with our clinical manager.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital has a plethora of specialties and opportunities to work on interdisciplinary teams with nurses, doctors, social workers, music therapists, and other members of the care team. Our academic clinical context provides a rich experience in which to learn and grow.

• Cardiology
• Labor and Delivery
• NICU
• Gynecology
• General internal medicine
• Hematology
• Dialysis
• Hospice
• Intensive care
• Long-term rehabilitation
• Neurology
• Oncology
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Surgery
• Transplantation
• Addictions/Eating Disorders

For the majority of our group learning, residents meet on Tuesdays and Thursday mornings from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Residents work with The Johns Hopkins Hospital Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy Department staff to provide on-call ministry for patients, their families and staff of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Residents participate in all shifts including days, evenings, and weekend on-call coverage. Our goal is to limit the number of overnight and weekend on-call shifts to no more than 4 per month for CPE residents.

The CPE residency program offers 3 units per year, each unit lasting between 10-12 weeks. The remaining weeks (approximately 15 weeks), are set aside for focused clinical practice. Because our residents are assigned to clinical units for the year, and offer on-call ministry, each resident has an opportunity to minster to the entire hospital campus while they are completing on-call shifts.

The Clinical Pastoral Education Residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, East Baltimore campus in Maryland, draws primary program faculty from certified educators credentialed by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. The adjunct faculty also includes staff chaplains in the Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy Department and presenters from Johns Hopkins' clinical, scientific, and technical staff. They are chosen for their commitment to teaching, as well as clinical practice and research.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a large academic medical center with numerous renowned clinical instructors. Many faculty members have published and lectured extensively and are highly regarded in their fields. CPE residents have direct access to these individuals throughout the training program. This gives trainees the opportunity to learn directly from some of today's best clinical pastoral education practitioners. Throughout the residency our learners are invited to clinical lectures, ethics for lunch and other ground-breaking educational opportunities beyond the CPE classroom.

A hallmark of higher education excellence is the breadth and depth of information and experience provided to students by faculty and visiting experts. Many prominent professors, doctors and other clinicians visit The Johns Hopkins Hospital each year to lecture on their areas of medical and scientific expertise. Students at The Johns Hopkins Hospital are encouraged to learn from these valuable resources by attending relevant conferences, lectures and seminars prepared for students, interns, residents, fellows, and consulting staff.