Internship
Intern units are offered three times each year. Extended units are offered in the Fall (August to December) and Spring (January to May). A full-time summer unit begins in late May and goes through mid-August.
All units require a minimum of 400 hours of supervised ministry.
Hospital-Based CPE
The hospital-based unit offers students the opportunity to provide spiritual care to patients, families, and staff within the setting of a major Medical Center. Students serve as the Chaplain for a specific clinical area in addition to on-call rotations and Saturday and Sunday assistance with spiritual care consults on a rotating basis. Students have the opportunity to participate in interdisciplinary health care rounds with medical staff on their assigned clinical unit.
Prison and Hospital-Based CPE
Chaplaincy comes in many forms. This unique unit offers students the opportunity to experience both health care chaplaincy and prison chaplaincy. Students in this program will provide spiritual care through both the NC Department of Adult Corrections (NCDAC) and WakeMed Health & Hospitals. In hospitals, students serve as chaplain interns, providing spiritual care to patients, families and staff. With the NCDAC, students will serve as the chaplain intern to inmates as well as staff. In both settings, students will be mentored by staff chaplains who can speak to their areas of expertise, whether health care chaplaincy or prison chaplaincy.
Meetings
Meetings may include:
- Case Conference Seminars
- Interpersonal and Professional Relationship Group (IPR)
- Didactic Seminars
- Clinical Focus
- Individual Supervision
- Theological Reflection Seminar
- Story Theology
Required Written Work
Required written work may include:
- Learning Contract
- Verbatim Reports
- Weekly Reflection Papers
- Weekly Visitation Logs
- Cultural Reflection Paper
- Story Theology
- Mid-Unit Evaluations
- Reading to Support Learning Contract & as assigned
- Final Evaluations
Application: Download Application
Completed applications may be submitted via email to lhadding@wakemed.org.
Questions may be answered by calling 919-350-8556 or by email to Luwannah Hadding – lhadding@wakemed.org.