Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance, so she ran off to Simon Peter and the […]
Pastoral Care
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At the start of each unit of CPE, we begin by setting learning goals and mapping out how we plan to address them. Crafting a good learning goal—let alone the 2-5 learning goals you’re probably expected to produce—takes careful consideration and reflection. And nailing down […]
This verbatim case presentation was an assignment submitted for the course Essentials of Palliative Care Chaplaincy, from the CSU Institute of Palliative Care. At the time, I wondered if it may have been a mistake for me to take this course right at the start […]
I was recently asked in a job interview whether I give my patients advice. Given the context, I had a hunch that the answer they were hoping for was something like, “Yes! And I’m very good at it! People follow my advice and get fantastic […]
“You have a hard job,” said the man I was sitting with at 3:30 am, whose elderly mother had just passed away. I sat with him so he wouldn’t be alone, and listened to him share feelings of disbelief…
Below is a document is recently presented to my CPE group as a sample of my pastoral care. It is an alternative to the traditional CPE verbatim format, since after spending an entire year assigned to Adult Psych, where I have the responsibility and privilege […]