Spirituality/Medicine Interface Project
A Physician CEO Looks at Clinical Pastoral Education
Abstract
Having been involved in academic medical practice for most of my professional career, it was not surprising that this interest would extend to a personal evaluation of the value of a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Program in the same fashion as other academic programs. All of my practice has been at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and I was quite used to having professionally trained and certified chaplains on the staff at the centers where I practiced. As my career progressed, I had the opportunity to assist in establishing CPE training programs at several of the institutions that I oversaw.This content is limited to qualifying members.
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