Clinical pastoral education | veterans affairs

VA New York Harbor Healthcare System’s (VA NYHHS) Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Program offers a multi-cultural and multi-faith experience in a holistic educational setting with

opportunities to develop personal, professional and theological competencies. In addition, our program offers the experience of providing care for and learning from our Veterans. At VA

NYHHS, the CPE Program uses a wide range of clinical settings to provide clinical training in pastoral care. These care settings range from inpatient hospital units, both medical and

psychiatric, to outpatient clinics to long-term care facilities. CPE combines instruction in pastoral care with direct experience in providing pastoral care with reflection on that

experience. It is accepted as the standard preparation for ministry for those who seek to become or to continue as career healthcare chaplains. Those who complete the CPE Program apply their

acquired skills as pastoral caregivers in many settings, from congregations to hospitals, prisons to hospices. Learn more about Clinical Pastoral Education.