Transforming Chaplaincy Requires Transforming Clinical Pastoral Education

Abstract

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a process focused on developing students' personal integration. Outcomes for CPE need to expand to reflect current research in religion and spirituality because religion and spirituality impacts coping, meaning making, decision-making, and health care outcomes. Focusing CPE outcomes on religious/spiritual beliefs and practices used by patients will equip chaplains to provide research-informed spiritual care for families and discipline-specific information for the interdisciplinary team.

Keywords

Clinical pastoral education religion in health care spiritual care pastoral care chaplaincy education spiritual/religious health care research

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