Clinical Pastoral Education

Northeast Georgia Health System is home to an ACPE accredited Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) center, which is focused on offering area clergy practical theological education in a clinical setting through the action-reflection-action clinical model.

CPE Internships & Residencies

NGHS offers both internships and residencies that allow a student to experience daily interaction with patients and staff in the clinical setting throughout the week – both days and evenings.

Because we are a Trauma I Hospital, our care goes beyond daily needs and into the day-to-day trauma that both staff and patients may experience based on events that occur personally, as well as publicly throughout our region.

Residents and interns are able to grow their skills through reflection in class and during individual sessions with the ACPE educator.

To apply, please download the NGHS Clinical Spiritual Education Application. Click here for some helpful tips to complete your application.

Upcoming Opportunities

How do I apply?

CPE Internships

To apply, please download the NGHS Clinical Spiritual Education Application. Click here for some helpful tips to complete your application.

If you have a strong desire to learn more about Chaplaincy (and a Bachelor’s degree), please follow these steps to apply:

  1. You may download the NGHS Clinical Spiritual Education Application.
  2. We prefer that you email your completed application to CPE@nghs.com, although we will also accept a paper copy (one-sided only, no staples). You may also fax the application to the Spiritual Education Department at (770) 219-2904.

    Pay attention to these important details to include with your application:
    • Please use your handwritten signature on the form pages. These need to be actual signatures, and not electronic.
    • Make sure to include the essay answers (approximately 10 pages total for items 1-8). Do not staple your application.
    • If you have completed previous units of CPE, please double check that your signed educator and any self-evaluations from ALL previous CPE units are included. You will not be considered for an interview without these!
    • If you have completed previous units of CPE, please make sure you have included a verbatim as your helping incident AND make sure to include reflection of peer / educator feedback.
       
  3. You may pay in-person, or mail a $60 non-refundable application fee by cash, check (payable to NGMC with “CPE FEE” in memo line), or money order to “The Department of Spiritual Care, 743 Spring Street, Gainesville, GA 30501”.
  4. If you are selected for an interview and subsequently an internship, the non-refundable “Hold Seat” tuition for the unit is $100.

CPE Residency

Applicants for residents should have a minimum of 1 CPE Unit, M.Div (or a Masters in a related field – can be discussed with CPE Educator).

To apply, please download the NGHS Clinical Spiritual Education Application. Click here for some helpful tips to complete your application.

  1. You may download the NGHS Clinical Spiritual Education Application.
  2. We prefer that you email your completed application to CPE@nghs.com, although we will also accept a paper copy (one-sided only, no staples). You may also fax the application to the Spiritual Education Department at (770) 219-2904.

    Pay attention to these important details to include with your application:
    • Please use your handwritten signature on the form pages. These need to be actual signatures, and not electronic.
    • Make sure to include the essay answers (approximately 10 pages total for items 1-8). Do not staple your application.
    • If you have completed previous units of CPE, please double check that your signed educator and any self-evaluations from ALL previous CPE units are included. You will not be considered for an interview without these!
    • If you have completed previous units of CPE, please make sure you have included a verbatim as your helping incident AND make sure to include reflection of peer / educator feedback.

All students please note the following:

This ACPE CPE center guarantees to its students the rights to inspect and review education records, to seek to amend them, to specified control over the release of record information, and to file a complaint against the program for alleged violations of the Family Education and Privacy (FERPA) rights.

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