DESCRIPTION: This course (offered pass/fail for 2 units) is designed to
provide an experience of pastoral care at Huntington Hospital under the direct
supervision of a certified hospital chaplain. Students will (1) explore
attitudes about disease, pain, suffering, psychic dysfunction, separation from
family, and death and dying; (2) develop skills in the visitation of patients
and in relating to hospital staff; (3) sharpen abilities to reflect
theologically in connection with personal encounters in the hospital setting;
and (4) participate in leading of worship or devotional programs as
scheduled.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students will (1) grow in their ability to engage in
theological reflection by having regular opportunities to think critically
about ministry in light of the Christian tradition; (2) deepen their
understanding of the cultural context of ministry by immersing themselves in a
specific context and regularly reflecting with their supervisor on the
connection between context and ministry; (3) develop toward becoming
spiritually mature and accountable practitioners by reflecting with their peers
in a theological reflection group and with their supervisor in their internship
on the connection between their faith and their ministry; (4) become better
Christian leaders by having many opportunities to practice the responsibilities
of ministry throughout their internship.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: This course offers an introduction to the tasks and
skills of ministry as a hospital chaplain in a general-medical institution.
COURSE FORMAT: The student will spend a minimum of 400 hours in the hospital
setting in one 10-week period. During this time, the student will be given
daily visitation assignments, meet regularly with the chaplain and other
chaplain interns for integrative and didactic sessions, participate in
multidisciplinary rounds and Code Blue learning experiences, and participate in
worship or devotional services as assigned. The chaplain will provide training
and lead discussions on topics relevant to hospital ministry. Students are
required to attend all sessions.
ASSIGNMENTS: Regular and punctual attendance, completion of all visitation
assignments, attendance at all scheduled group sessions and supervision
sessions, participation in at least one chapel service, completion of at least
four written (typed) verbatims, one book review, daily journal entries on
student's own spiritual disciplines, one teaching presentation by the student
on an area of research, 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.
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 www.fuller.edu/sot/fielded. Then apply to
Spiritual Care Services at Huntington Hospital. Contact the Field Education
Office for a copy of the application. After acceptance, submit an internship
application, and schedule an enrollment interview with the Office of Field
Education. If the internship is approved, a Course Approval Notification will
be sent by email to you and to your Academic Advisor. Contact your Academic
Advisor for a Course Reference Number (CRN) in order to register online. The
student must also complete an orientation with the assigned chaplain at the
beginning of the internship.
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets the internship requirement under Option B
for the Family Pastoral Care and Counseling MDiv concentration, and the
hospital internship requirement for the Master of Arts in Family Life
Education; meets FE2 Field Education MDiv requirement (MIN 7). This internship
is offered pass/fail for two units.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (11/08)