I was inspired by Regent College's summer announcement that they have started a chaplaincy focused MDiv. They are giving twelve transfer credits for 2 units of Clinical Psychospiritual Education (CPE). If you are not familiar with CPE units, they are 400 hours of immersive education in a clinical setting (usually a healthcare setting like a hospital) meant to prepare spiritual care practitioners and religious leaders for ministry.
Chaplaincy education, with an integrated CPE program, is something I am interested in exploring. I think it could be a good fit for Briercrest Seminary, especially with my work in military chaplaincy and we have a CPE teaching centre located just down the road in Regina. I am hoping to teach an introductory course on spiritual care and chaplaincy this fall, as a way to educate those who many be interested and gauge interest levels in a possible degree program. If you are interested in Saskatchwan's CPE programs, you can read more
here. If you want to know more about the Briercrest chaplaincy course, be sure to check the Seminary
website. The course schedule should be posted in the coming weeks.
