Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Work Hours
Monday to Friday: 7AM - 7PM
Weekend: 10AM - 5PM
Clinical Placement & Preceptor
Community-based CPE combines structured education with supervised clinical spiritual care practice.
Your cpe unit
100 HOURS
Education & Supervision
300 Hours
Clinical Spiritual Care Practice
Secure a Clinical Placement
Identify a community-based setting where you have meaningful access to persons, families, or communities in need of spiritual care and sufficient opportunity to complete 300 hours of practice.
Possible Setting
Healthcare ➧ Hospice ➧ Senior Living ➧ Correctional Settings ➧ Congregations ➧ Shelters ➧ Community Agencies ➧ Mental Health & Recovery ➧ Masjids ➧ Other Approved Settings.
Identify a Preceptor
Every student needs a preceptor connected to the clinical setting.
Your Preceptor:
➧ Helps orient you to the setting
➧ Supports your site-based practice
➧ Observes your professional functioning
➧ Offers feedback throughout the unit
Different Roles
PRECEPTOR
Supports your practice at the clinical site
ACPE CERTIFIED EDUCATOR
Provides your CPE education, supervision & evaluation
Review & Complete the Agreement
Bring your proposed clinical site and preceptor into conversation with your Certified Educator. Once the placement is approved, the required Clinical Placement Agreement is completed for the CPE unit.
GISCE offers guidance on clinical placement suitability, preceptor expectations, and the agreements needed to support your CPE practice.
THE PROCESS
Find Site
Find Preceptor
Review with GISCE
Complete Agreement
Begin a Conversation
Whether you are seeking Clinical Pastoral Education, considering Certified Educator formation, or exploring how locally rooted CPE might grow within your community, we welcome the conversation.