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Clinical Pastoral Education Programs
(310) 825-7484
CPE at UCLA Health
The Spiritual Care Department at UCLA Health offers four CPE programs designed to provide different options to meet individual needs for clinical theological education for spiritual care ministry. Our programs are accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) in accordance with the ACPE Standards. We offer the following:
1) The Residency Year generally begins in September and concludes the end of August of the next year. CPE residents receive a complement of medical and psychiatric clinical experience. This is a full-time program, 40 hours per week, plus on-call in the evenings and weekends. Residents are paid a stipend of approximately $30,340, which is the total annual compensation, including time spent responding to after-hours emergency on-calls. In addition, UCLA will provide residents with medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid vacation and holidays, and a full tuition scholarship for four units of CPE. Applicants to the residency program must meet Admission Requirements of Level II CPE. Those accepted into the residency program are required to live within a 30-mile radius of the hospital. Graduates receive four units of Level I and/or Level II CPE credit.
2) Full-Time Internship is any one Quarter. (See quarter schedule dates below. If interested in applying for the winter or spring quarters, first contact us to ascertain if there are any internship openings.) This is an eleven or twelve week, 40 hours per week program, plus on-call in the evenings and weekends. Graduates receive one unit of Level I or Level II (see Admission Requirements) CPE credit.
3) Extended (Part-time) Internship begins in January and concludes in May. (Please contact us for exact dates.) This five-month part-time program requires approximately 22 hours per week, and is run strictly out of Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica. Graduates receive one unit of Level I or Level II (see Admission Requirements) CPE credit.
4) Supervisory CPE is available to qualified applicants if we have Supervisory position openings. Contact Rev. Yuko Uesugi, ACPE Supervisor and Director of CPE Program, at: yuesugi@mednet.ucla.edu for information regarding openings.
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CPE Programs |
Program Dates |
Program Application Deadline |
| Residency Year: | Sept 3, 2013 - Aug 31, 2014 |
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| Full Time Internship Units: | ||
| Winter Quarter | Jan 2, 2013 - March 15, 2013 | CLOSED |
| Spring Quarter | March 25, 2013 - May 31, 2013 | CLOSED |
| Summer Quarter | June 10, 2013 - Aug 23, 2013 | CLOSED |
| Fall Quarter | Sept 3, 2013 - Nov 27, 2013 | May 30, 2013 |
| Extended (part-time) Internship Unit: | ||
| Five-month at Santa Monica-UCLA | Jan 3, 2013 - May 17, 2013 | CLOSED |
Application
If you wish to apply for a particular program, please call our office at (310) 825-7484 for an application form or download the ACPE standard Application form which is on line at: www.acpe.edu. There is no page-length requirement or limit to the application's essay questions, but most applications are no more than seven pages total. Along with your written application, please include the application processing fee of $30 (non-refundable) in U.S. currency via money order, cashier's check or personal check made payable to: UC Regents/Spiritual Care). Credit cards, cash or money transfer are not accepted.
Mail Applications for the Residency Year, Fall, Winter, and Spring Units to: Rev. Yuko Uesugi, UCLA Health, Department of Spiritual Care, Rm. 12-217 CHS, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095. E-mail applications to: cpe@mednet.ucla.edu.
Mail Applications for the Summer and Extended Units to: Rev. Tim Thorstenson, UCLA Health, SMUCLAMC & Orthopaedic Hospital, Department of Spiritual Care 1260 15th St. #1024 Santa Monica, CA 90404. E-mail applications to: TThorstenson@mednet.ucla.edu.
If you send your application by e-mail, please send application fee of $30 to the above address so that your application can be processed. Selected applications will require an interview on site (or by phone for out-of-area applicants). We will contact you for an interview, if selected for one, after all applications are reviewed. There is no interview fee for interviews for UCLA CPE Programs. An interview fee of $75 will be charged for those requiring an Admissions interview for another Center.
Deposit and Tuition
Tuition is $500 per unit of CPE.
If accepted into an internship program either full-time or extended (part-time), a non-refundable deposit of $150, which will be applied to tuition, is required to hold a space in the program.
If accepted into a residency program, a non-refundable deposit of $500 is required to hold a space in the program. We offer a full tuition scholarship for a one-year commitment to the Residency or Supervisory CPE Programs.
Description of CPE
CPE Programs are offered to ordained clergy, seminarians, the religious, and lay persons without regard to race, gender, ethnic or religious group, or sexual orientation. The CPE Programs provide experience of spiritual care ministry through chaplain assignments to multi-disciplinary patient-care teams in one or more of the four settings. CPE utilizes the clinical method of learning through individual supervision, case presentations, group seminars, didactic sessions, and spiritual reflection/practice, within the context of an individualized learning contract. All CPE participants are encouraged to encounter and integrate secular and spiritual teaching in order to enhance their theological journeys. Small groups provide an atmosphere to explore personal relational styles in order to learn through the giving and receiving of feedback. Interns and Residents also provide leadership for interfaith prayer services and occasional or special services held within the UCLA Health.
Admission Requirements
Level I
- A completed application accompanied by the application fee.
- An admissions interview.
- Graduation from high school/GED; Baccalaureate degree preferred.
- Faith group identification.
- Student and supervisors Final Evaluations from any prior CPE (if applicable).
- Acceptance into a CPE program and payment of the non-refundable deposit.
- Compliance with all of UCLA Healths Health and Background Clearance Requirements.
- Payment of tuition fees during the first week of the program.
Level II
- A completed application accompanied by the application fee.
- An admissions interview.
- Baccalaureate degree or its equivalent; Masters degree or equivalent (completed or in process) preferred.
- Faith group identification and affiliation.
- Student and supervisors Final Evaluations from prior CPE demonstrating successful addressing of Level 1 outcomes.
- Acceptance into a CPE program and payment of the non-refundable deposit.
- Compliance with all of UCLA Healths Health and Background Clearance Requirements.
- Payment of tuition fees during the first week of the program.
Supervisory
A list of Supervisory CPE admission requirements is available by contacting Rev. Yuko Uesugi at (310) 825-7484 or YUesugi@mednet.ucla.edu.
UCLA Health - Westwood and Santa Monica
The UCLA Health has hospitals located in Westwood and in Santa Monica. On the Westwood campus are:
- The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is the cornerstone of the network of health care facilities known as UCLA Health. Licensed for 530 beds, it is a world-renowned teaching and acute care facility where treatment is provided for the full range of medical conditions from neonatal care to geriatric medicine. In addition, RR UCLA Medical Center is one of the world's largest organ transplant centers, and one of the nation's leading hospitals for bone marrow transplantation. There are specialized intensive care units, state-of-the-art operating suites, a Level I Trauma Center, and a comprehensive oncology department. It is rated the best medical center in the West.
- Mattel Children's Hospital is located on the third and fifth floors of the RR UCLA Medical Center and holds 90 of its 530 beds. It offers a full spectrum of primary and specialized care for infants, children, and adolescents. In addition to a PICU and a Level III Neonatal ICU, there are more than 20 specialty services, including Hematology/Oncology, Neurology, Nephrology, Cardiology, and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Gastroenterology, Liver Transplant, Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology.
- The Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA located on the 4th floor of RR UCLA Medical Center, is licensed for 74 of 530 licensed beds. RNPH is among the world's leading centers for comprehensive patient care, research and education in the fields of mental health, developmental disabilities and neurology. This hospital provides expert evaluation and treatment programs designed for patients suffering from a variety of illness, including depression, childhood and adolescent disorders, seizure disorders, genetic syndromes, schizophrenia, eating disorders, mental retardation, neurobehavioral problems, psychosomatic illnesses, sexual disorders, sleep disorders, autism, alcoholism, and drug abuse.
Located in nearby Santa Monica, a coastal city on the west-side of Los Angeles, is UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica. Licensed for 315 beds, it is an outstanding community hospital that has been serving Westside residents since 1926. It is an acute-care medical center which features outstanding clinical programs that include its women's and children's services, emergency services, family medicine programs, and UCLA's No. 1 ranked (by US News and World Report) Geriatrics Program. It is also home to the internationally known Rape Treatment Center and its adjunct facility, Stuart House, for sexually abused children.
UCLA Health is an Accredited Center for CPE Level 1, Level 2, and Supervisory CPE by ACPE, Inc. 1549 Clairmont Road - Suite 103, Decatur, GA (404) 320-1472. www.acpe.edu Rev. Karen Schnell, Rev. Yuko Uesugi and Rev. Tim Thorstenson are certified ACPE Supervisors. Rev. Patrice Mbo is a certified ACPE Supervisory Candidate.
Information for International Applicants
Application Information
All prospective international CPE students must complete the ACPE standard Application form which is on line at: www.acpe.edu. All written materials must be in English. The $30 non-refundable application fee must be in the U.S. currency. Personal checks, Casher's check and money orders are acceptable forms of payment. Credit cards, cash or money transfer are not accepted. Payment needs to be made payable to: UC Regents/Spiritual Care.
If you are an international applicant and applying to a CPE Residency program, you will have to obtain appropriate documentation from U.S. Immigration, which usually implies a visa. If you live in the U.S. with Resident Alien status, please provide a copy of immigration registration card and any other relevant documents such as work permits, green cards, working visa, etc. in order to verify your legal right to work during the entire CPE Residency program dates. If you are in the midst of visa application, please include your explanation in your application materials.
If you are an international applicant, applying to a CPE Residency program, and do not have a valid immigration/non-immigration visa to legally allow you to work in the U.S. during the CPE Residency program dates, you will need to obtain a J-1 visa issued through ACPE National office. You need to apply to the CPE Residency program at least nine months prior to the start of the desired program to allow time for visa processing (Please see our program application deadline).
Also, please note that we have a requirement for the international student to have lived in the U.S. for at least one year prior to their application to our CPE Residency program. Based on our past experiences, we found an international student who has never spent a significant time in the U.S. in the past will find him/herself needing to orient to the U.S. culture, our large teaching hospital, and CPE group all at once, and he/she finds it overwhelming. Also, these compound demands often impact negatively on the student's CPE learning experience. Therefore, we find this requirement necessary in order to allow the international student to have a much stronger CPE learning experience. Sometimes international students do a year of seminary or doctoral studies, or an internship in a church/religious setting in the U.S. for a year prior to their CPE training. It is the applicant's responsibility to make arrangements for such a year. As your prepare and submit your application, in addition to the standard application essay questions listed on the ACPE standard Application form, please answer the following question:
Your experience of living in the U.S. Include the length of your stay in the U.S. and a brief statement about your function/role (studied in a seminary, church internship, ministry function, etc.) during the stay.
Interview Information
All applicants for our CPE Residency program and Supervisory CPE program must have an in-person interview with the ACPE certified supervisors at UCLA Health. For non-resident international students, a teleconference or other alternative interview procedure may be established, but a direct in-person interview is preferable.
Special Notations
- UCLA CPE program does not offer a stipend for full-time or extended CPE interns. A stipend with benefits is offered only to CPE Residents and Supervisory CPE students.
- UCLA CPE program does not offer housing for CPE students. Please visit the www.dailybruin.ucla.edu (the UCLA online campus newspaper) and www.cho.ucla.edu (UCLA community housing office website) for housing options.
We are available to assist you with any questions you may have about the process. Please contact UCLA Health Spiritual Care Department at (310) 825-7484 or e-mail cpe@mednet.ucla.edu.
