Spring 2004/Pasadena
FE548
Clark
FE548: CLINICAL PASTORAL TRAINING, HOSPICE INTERNSHIP. Chapman Clark.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course (offered pass/fail for 2 units) is designed to provide
an experience of pastoral care in the hospice setting, under the direct
supervision of an experienced hospice spiritual care provider. Students will:
1) explore attitudes about disease, pain, suffering, spirituality &
religion at the end of life, and death & dying; 2) learn the hospice
philosophy of palliative care; 3) develop skills in visitation and spiritual
assessment within home and health care facility contexts; 4) sharpen abilities
to reflect theologically in connection with patient care needs and concerns; 5)
participate in grief support settings, memorial services and other rituals as
available.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- This course provides an introduction to the world of hospice
ministry--its tasks, skills, challenges and opportunities.
COURSE FORMAT:
- The student will spend a minimum of 100 hours in hospice-related
settings (homes, skilled nursing settings, office) in one 10-week period.
During this time, the student will be given patient visit assignments, meet
regularly with the supervising chaplain and other hospice staff for integrative
and didactic sessions, and participate in memorial services or support group
settings as assigned. The chaplain will provide training and lead discussions
on topics relevant to hospice ministry. Students are required to attend all
sessions.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Regular and punctual attendance, completion of all visitation
assignments, attendance at agreed upon meetings, inservices, and support
groups, completion of at least four written (typed) verbatims, one book review,
and one personal evaluation report to be submitted the tenth week of the
quarter by the supervising chaplain and the student to the Office of Field
Education. NOTE: Substitute assignments may be given by the chaplain, but
equivalent material must be submitted.
PREREGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS:
- Before the student may register for this course, several
steps must be completed, a process that may take up to a month, since the
student is responsible to make arrangements for an internship site. The first
step in the process is to read the preregistration materials available on the
internet at or in the Office of Field Education. After the student has
submitted internship and supervisor applications, he or she must schedule an
enrollment interview with the Office of Field Education. If the internship is
approved, the student will then receive a Course Approval Notification that
must be submitted to the Academic Advisor prior to registration. The student
must also complete an orientation with the assigned chaplain at the beginning
of the internship.
PREREQUISITES:
- None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Meets FE2 Field Education M.Div. requirement (MIN 7). This
internship is offered pass/fail for two units.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- None.