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The feedback includes both support and challenges. Guided by the Standards of ACPE, the CPE student will grow in three major areas: * Pastoral formation * Pastoral competence * Pastoral

reflection WHY CPE? MEDVAMC is a teaching hospital with a variety of disciplines. CPE is considered the Graduate Medical Education (GME) program for Pastoral Care, which qualifies ministers

to become VA chaplains (and any other institutional setting with chaplains). The placement rate for graduates of the VA GME CPE programs into VA positions and other hospitals is high. WHO

CAN APPLY? Clinical Pastoral Education is post-graduate, professional education for both clergy and lay persons who are called to prepare for pastoral care and pastoral counseling. The

full-time, year-long stipend program requires that students: * Be ordained or endorsed to ministry by an approved endorsing body * Have completed a Graduate Level Master of Divinity from an

approved and accredited school, and * Have completed at least one prior unit of CPE (though that can be waived for certain persons). The part-time without compensation program (Extended CPE)

requires that students be enrolled in a Master of Divinity Program at a minimum. Preference is given to Veterans for all programs, though non-Veterans are encouraged to apply. The CPE

Program at MEDVAMC is accredited to provide Level I/II  CPE by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE): The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education 55 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd.,

Suite 835 Atlanta, GA 30308 Phone: 404-320-1472 https://acpe.edu/ For more information or to apply for CPE at MEDVAMC, please call 713-791-1414, ext. 222523.