Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community

Clinical Pastoral Education

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a form of theological education that takes place in clinical settings where ministry is being practiced. It uses an action/reflection model where people learn spiritual care as they engage in it. In CPE we do an in-depth study of " living human documents.” By "living human documents," we mean both the people who receive care as well as a study of ourselves, the givers of care. Through the practice of ministry and the reflection thereon with supervisor and peers, the experiential learning that is CPE takes place.

Clinical Pastoral Education at Specialty Care Community

At Good Samaritan Society – Specialty Care Community you will have opportunity to engage a diverse population of staff and residents. Over 34 different faith traditions have been identified among them. Our resident population includes people with Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury, and Huntington’s disease. We also have a “Men’s Behavioral Unit” that is home to persons whose social abilities and medical conditions preclude independent living. And we offer transitional care for persons to transition back home from hospitals and persons transitioning from this life to their eternal home. In addition, other Good Samaritan Society facilities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and elsewhere are often used as clinical sites. Most of these are more traditional nursing homes with primarily geriatric populations.

Units we offer

Good Samaritan Society – Specialty Care Community currently offers two units of ACPE Level I and Level II Clinical Pastoral Education per year with up to six students admitted to each unit. Units meet or exceed the ACPE requirement of 100 hours of group instruction and 300 hours of clinical experience. Current course offerings are:

• a summer intensive that students attend full time for 11 weeks
• an extended unit that begins in September and ends in May that meets one day every other week and during which students spend an additional 9 hours per week doing clinical work

Who can be a CPE student?

• Ordained clergy
• Religions sisters and brothers
• Seminarians
• Allied health professionals
• Lay persons

Tuition

$750

Faculty

Rev. Gary Sartain, ACPE Supervisor

Rev. Cindi Brickson, ACPE Candidate Supervisor

Program accredited by

The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc.
One West Court Square, Suite 325
Decatur, GA 30030
Phone: (404) 320-1472
Fax: (404) 320-0849
Email: acpe@acpe.edu

*ACPE is the only agency recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE) to accredit programs of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) in the United States.