{"id":30445,"date":"2017-10-06T10:59:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T14:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?page_id=30445"},"modified":"2024-06-25T10:10:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T14:10:30","slug":"education-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/patients-visitors\/support-follow-up\/spiritual-care\/education-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Education programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clinical Psycho-Spiritual Education<\/h2>\n

This program is widely recognized throughout North America and Great Britain as essential training for persons seeking to become professional Spiritual Care Practitioners\/Chaplains. The program is accredited by the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC) and university credit is awarded through Martin Luther University.<\/span><\/p>\n

The heart of the educational process employed in the program is highly experiential in nature, having a strong emphasis on emotional intelligence and the practice of self-reflection. Encounters with patients, staff, and fellow interns become occasions for learning the art of entering into the dialogue of profound meaning and or empathic support. This is accomplished through interns learning how to work within the world view of the patient, assisting the patient to express and interpret their experience of their illness in accordance with the patient’s own spiritual values and beliefs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Interns spend half of their time with patients and the other half in didactic sessions and supervised group interaction with their peers. For each course\/practicum\u00a0of CPE, interns must complete 400 hours in total, comprised of 200 hours of clinical service with a cooperating healthcare team and 200 hours of experiential group and didactic sessions. A CPE course\/practicum can be intensive: around 35 hours per week for 3 months or extended: around 18 hours per week for 6 months. For more information about the CPE education program and CASC certification process\u00a0feel free to visit\u00a0the CASC website at\u00a0<\/span>www.spiritualcare.ca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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All interns must pass a personal interview indicating their readiness for self-exploration\u00a0and interpersonal dialogue at the level required for learning the art and science of Spiritual Care in a multi-faith\u00a0setting. For pre-requisites please click on the link before you apply:\u00a0CPE Instructions and pre-requisites<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you meet all the requirements please download this form\u00a0CPE Application<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

And email it to cpe@toh.ca<\/p>\n