Internship
Internship Opportunities
- Academic Year Unit: August – April
- Spring Extended Unit: January – May
- Summer Intensive Unit: May – August
- Fall Extended Unit: August – December
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.
Admissions Criteria for Interns
- Bachelor's degree is required and interns often have completed at least one year of theological school
- Ordination or authorization to function in ministry by one’s faith community
- Ministry involvement or experience as clergy or laity
- Completed application
- ACPE Admissions Interview with CPE supervisory staff
- Tuition: $ 450.00
- Benefits: Interns receive on-call meal tickets, pharmacy discounts and free parking. Chaplain interns are paid a one-time stipend at the end of the unit based on completion of the educational and clinical requirements.
- Schedule: TBD
Intern Unit Requirements
Educational Requirements
All units require a minimum of 400 hours of supervised ministry.
Meeting topics:
- Case Conference Seminars
- Interpersonal and Professional Relationship Group (IPR)
- Didactic Seminars
- Clinical Focus
- Individual Supervision
- Theological Reflection Seminar
- Story Theology
Required written work may include the following:
- 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
Clinical Requirements
Fall/Spring (Raleigh)
- On-call rotations that require a 12-hour stay in the hospital
- Assistance with Spiritual Care Consults/Needs and on-call assistance (a 6-hour shift on Saturday or Sunday, on a rotating basis)
- 8–10 hours weekly on clinical area
Summer (Raleigh/Cary)
- On-call rotations that require a 12-hour stay in the hospital
- Assistance with Spiritual Care Consults/Needs and on-call assistance (a 6-hour shift on Saturday or Sunday, on a rotating basis)
- 20–25 hours weekly on clinical area
Academic Year (Cary)
- On-call rotations that require a 12-hour stay in the hospital
- 4–5 hours weekly at WakeMed Cary Hospital
- 6–7 hours weekly at a NCDAC Triangle-area facility
Additional Information
Questions may be answered by calling 919-350-8556 or by email to Luwannah Hadding – lhadding@wakemed.org.
Students seeking academic course credit for CPE should contact their seminary / divinity school registrar for information and guidance.