Clinical Pastoral Education > Learning Environment

Learning environment

Students enter a program of small-group, action-reflection learning. An exciting and diverse range of clinical settings provides excellent opportunities for ministry. Professional development is fostered by:

• personal goal-setting within a small group context
• collaboration with hospital staff and a team approach to patient care
• partnership with a chaplain colleague
• one-on-one collaboration with the Clinical Pastoral Education supervisor

Program specialties

• Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital hospice
• Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital Struther's Parkinson's Center
• Methodist Hospital Eating Disorders Institute 
• Oncology 
• Cardiac care 
• Neurology
• Methodist Hospital Family Birth Center