Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE-CPE) Application
($35 non-refundable Application Fee)

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Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is practical theological training for persons in pastoral ministry. It is suitable for religious leaders, lay persons, seminarians and others who have a sufficient degree of theological knowledge to benefit from it. Ordinarily for a Residency, we expect a Masters of Divinity Degree (M. Div. or equivalent), ordination or endorsement of faith group and a previous unit of CPE. For an Extended Unit, we also accept qualified lay persons and students. Most working in the Intensive Summer Unit are either seminary students or others on sabbatical. The Residency and Summer Intensive Unit are full-time. Applicants for all positions will serve on-call time and will need transportation. There are certain other health screening requirements of each institution which must be met before actually beginning the placement.

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Placements

The Saint Thomas Hospital/Nashville CPE Partnership, a division of the Pastoral Counseling Centers of Tennessee, consists of Baptist Hospital, McKendree Village Retirement Center, Saint Thomas Hospital and Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hospital as partners.

It is a satellite of the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System of the Veteran's Administration, an Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. (ACPE) Accredited Center where Chaplain Thomas F. Phillips is Director of Pastoral Services and Certified ACPE Supervisor. All Clinical Pastoral Education at the Nashville CPE Partnership is fully accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. Inc., consistent with ACPE Standards.

Supervisors

Reverend David L. Nowlin, is the Manager of CPE for the Partnership.  He is an Ordained Baptist minister, Certified by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.  A graduate of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas and Southern Baptist Seminary ry in Louisville, Kentucky, he completed his supervisory training at the Methodist Medical Center of Illinois in Peoria, Illinois.  He conducted programs of CPE at institutions in Illinois, and Alabama for more than 15 years.  Before joining the Partnership as the Manager of CPE, David was the Director of Pastoral Care/CPE at the Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama.

CPE OFFERED

Residencies Full-time One Year

Five full-time paid residencies plus some on-call time
Stipend $24,500 stipend plus health benefits.
Dates: September 4, 2007 -August 29, 2008
Four units of ACPE- CPE upon satisfactory completion
Apply by February 5, 2007 with references included for Priority Consideration ($35 non-refundable application fee)
Prefer one prior unit of CPE completed
Tuition: Self-pay $500 per unit
Deposit upon acceptance into program (applies to tuition) $100.

Summer Intensive Internship

Full-time plus some on-call time.
Scholarships of up to $1,000 for full-time training.
Stipend or housing: No
Dates: June 4, 2007 -August 10, 2007
One unit of ACPE-CPE upon satisfactory completion.
Apply by December 15 for priority consideration and for scholarship consideration
Tuition: Self-pay $500 per unit; for academic credit Institutional Pay $1,000 per unit.

Deposit upon acceptance into the program (applies to tuition) $100.

Extended Unit (Part-Time)

Requires 4 hours of group supervision time per week plus 16 hours work per week (including 1 hour individual supervision time) on-site at partner institution per week plus some on-call time
Some flexibility in scheduled on-site time and on-call time
No stipend or housing.
Dates: January 8, 2007-May 25, 2007

One unit of ACPE-CPE upon satisfactory completion.
Apply by November 18 for Priority Consideration

($35 non-refundable application fee).
No scholarships, housing or other benefits available
Tuition: Self-pay $500 per unit; for academic credit Institutions Pay $1,000 per unit.

For Further Information : David L. Nowlin
Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education
Department of Pastoral Care

Saint Thomas Hospital
4220 Harding Road,
Nashville TN 37205
Phone: (615) 222-6604, Fax: (615) 222-6848
Email: dnowlin@stthomas.org

Website Links
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. (ACPE)
Association of Professional Chaplains (APC)
National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC)
National Association for Catholic Chaplains
Pastoral Counseling Centers of Tennessee, Inc.(PCCT)
Baptist Hospital of Nashville
McKendree Village Retirement Center
Saint Thomas Hospital and Health System
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hospital
South East Region ACPE

All ACPE-CPE with the Nashville CPE Partnership is registered with the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., an Accrediting Agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education through its Secretary for Education, and complies with the ACPE Standards. ACPE does not discriminate against anyone because of race, gender, age, faith group, national origin, sexual orientation, or physical disability. The Nashville CPE Partnership operates as a satellite of the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Nashville, TN. The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., Dr. Teresa Snorton, Exec. Dir., is located at 1549 Clairmont Road, Suite 103, Decatur, GA 30033, Telephone (404) 320-1472. www.acpe.edu is the Internet website.

Application Fee: ($35 non-refundable Application Fee)

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