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Clinical Pastoral Education at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is an action-reflection model of education that utilizes direct, hands-on ministry engagement with patients, families, and staff under supervision for the formation and development of pastoral identity, authority, and competency. Peer group interaction and feedback are integral to this process-focused emphasis. CPE brings ministers, seminary students, and qualified laypersons together to engage in intense relationships of spiritual care with a commitment to look within, increasing self awareness and improving competency in the art of relational ministry. All classes and groups are held at the Maryview campus in Portsmouth, VA.
Our Program
At the Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center CPE Center, CPE students can expect to be placed in one of three ministry sites: Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth (346-beds); Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center in Norfolk (125-beds); and Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News (110-beds).
CPE Resident Chaplains (full-time, year-round program) are placed at Bon Secours Maryview. Full-time Summer Chaplain Interns and part-time Chaplain Externs may be placed at any of the three facilities. The stipend for full-time CPE Residents is $26,000, plus healthcare benefits. No tuition is charged to full-time residents. Students in the full-time Summer Internship and the part-time Extended programs pay $400 tuition per unit.
Clinical areas vary by hospital but include emergency departments, oncology, cardiology, orthopaedics, intensive care, surgery, physical rehabilitation, maternity/newborn nursery, palliative care, and behavioral medicine. Students are mentored by a Manager or Director of Spiritual Care in each hospital setting, and a team of Board Certified Chaplains. The CPE Center at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center is facilitated by The Rev. Stephen K. Goss, an ACPE Supervisor with over twenty years of program experience.
Our program is accredited by The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., 1549 Clairmont Road, Suite 103, Decatur, GA 30033, (404) 320 – 1472. www.acpe.edu.
CPE Programs Offered
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Residency
August 22, 2011 through August 24, 2012 –A one-year (four CPE units) program offering Level I and Level II CPE. Full-time, 42-45 hours a week, including overnight on-call experiences, once per week. - Summer Internship
June 6th through August 12, 2011 - A 10-week program offering Level I CPE. Full-time, 42 – 45 hours a week, including overnight on-call experiences, once per week. No healthcare benefits. Full-time, 40-45 hours per week, including overnight on-call. Tuition = $400. -
Extended Units
A part-time program meeting on Mondays, generally from 8:30am to 2:30pm, plus 20 clinical hours per week. CPE Level I and II. Clinical hours are negotiated between the student, the CPE Director, and the manager of Spiritual Care at the assigned clinical placement site. No stipend or healthcare benefits. Tuition = $400. Fall Extended Unit – September 12, 2011 through December 19th, including meeting on the Monday before Thanksgiving. 20 clinical hours per week. An 18-week Spring Extended Unit is planned to begin in January, requiring 17 clinical hours per week.
All three CPE programs begin with a two-day New Employee Orientation on the first Monday and Tuesday of the unit that helps students understand the history, values, and identity of the Bon Secours Virginia Health System, which includes their three hospitals and other ministries in the Hampton Roads area.
How do I apply?
Applications are available on the national ACPE web site: www.acpe.edu. All inquiries and CPE applications to should be sent with a $35 non-refundable application fee to:
Rev. Stephen K. Goss
Director of CPE
Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center
3636 High Street
Portsmouth, VA 23707
If you have questions about the Clinical Pastoral Education Program at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center please contact our Program Director:
Rev. Stephen Goss
Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center CPE Program Director
phone: (757) 398–2104
email: stephen_goss@bshsi.org.
Meet Our Team
Stephen K. Goss
Program Director, Certified CPE Supervisor (ACPE)
Ordained, The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Joined Bon Secours Maryview in 2010, after leading CPE programs in Alubuquerque, NM; Fort Worth, TX; New Orleans, LA; and Birminham, AL
