Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
About Our CPE Program
The Department of Spiritual Care and Education at BIDMC is accredited by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) to provide Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)* programs for Level 1 and 2 students and Certified Educator Education.
ACPE Certified Educator: Rev. Dr. Burkhard Weber
Tuition: $1000, due upon admission to program
*financial assistance/relief may be available upon acceptance to the program
Application fee: $75 (must be mailed to the address below, payable to BIDMC)
- Download ACPE application.
- Download fillable reference form. Please use this form when requesting references (one academic, one religious, and one personal) from three individuals.
Applications accepted via email or sent to:
Dept. of Spiritual Care and Education, Feldberg 110
Attn: Ciara Cheli
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave
Boston, MA 02215
Questions?
Email Ciara Cheli or call 617-667-3439.
Upcoming CPE Programs
- 2025 Summer Intensive CPE Program, May 27 – August 1, 2025
Application Deadline: November 15, 2024. Applications will be reviewed as they are received beginning September 1, 2024. - 2025 Fall Extended CPE-Program, Sept. 2 – December 19, 2025
Application Deadline: April 18, 2025. Applications will be reviewed as they are received beginning March 1, 2025.
*What is CPE?
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is theological and professional education for theological students, ordained clergy, members of religious orders and qualified laypeople. This interfaith program integrates training in a clinical setting with seminar, group process and one-on-one work with an accredited supervisor. Consequently, CPE trainees actively serve people in crisis while strengthening their personal, professional and theological capacities through reflecting upon, understanding and growing from the lived experience of ministry. Intensive interaction with peers, staff, seminar leaders and the supervisor helps trainees to develop new awareness of themselves as persons and professional pastoral care providers.