The Pastoral Care staff at the Western Maryland Health System is here to help and support you and your family while receiving care at the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center. Our team provides for the religious and spiritual needs of those who come through our doors, including patients, their families, loved ones, as well as the staff and employees of the Western Maryland Health System. Our clinically-trained Chaplains are committed to providing appropriate and compassionate spiritual care while respecting each individual’s own tradition and religious or spiritual beliefs. Chaplains and pastoral care staff are available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day on the WMRMC campus. To request the services of a chaplain or any of the services listed below, please inform your nurse or dial the operator from your bedside phone. The operator will contact the appropriate person. Services AvailablePastoral Visitations How to Reach Pastoral CareContact the Pastoral Care Department at 240-964-8282 or ext. 4-8282 from any patient room. If you are calling from outside the hospital, please dial 240-964-8282 or contact us by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATIONOffered by Pastoral Care and Counseling Western Maryland Health System Accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. Formats and Schedule: Part-time programs: ½ unit CPE credit requires 16 hours per week. One unit requires 24 hours per week. Units are offered September-January and January-May. Summer Programs: One unit CPE credit requires 40 hours/week, June-August (11 weeks). All programs require some over-night on-call responsibilities. Tuition: CPE is a nationally accredited program for cultivating the personal identity and skills involved in pastoral care. Through a mix of pastoral responsibilities, personal reflections, group seminars, individual supervision, and related reading and writing, participants work toward deepening their own personal-pastoral identity, developing their theological stance, and understanding the dynamics of a modern hospital. Within this framework, students are encouraged to discover and pursue their individual interests and goals.
In Level 1 and II CPE, the focus of learning includes: Pastoral Formation enables students to develop an awareness of themselves as ministers and how their values, assumptions, strengths and weaknesses effect their pastoral care. The peer group works together to deepen the integration of each student’s personal attributes and pastoral functioning. Pastoral Competence focuses on the skills and knowledge necessary for intensive and extensive pastoral care. Students work in professional relationships with a multidisciplinary team. Pastoral Reflection refers to the clinical method of learning through the effective use of individual and group supervision, including the capacity to evaluate one’s own ministry. Clinical Sites Western Maryland Health System’s new state of the art 275 bed hospital opened on November 21, 2009. For a complete description of the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center, return to the system website. Students have assignments in such medical areas as: General Medical-Surgical, Intensive Care, Coronary Care, Dialysis, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology and Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation. The hospital is also an area Trauma Center and offers Maryland’s highest rated Coronary Care/Surgery Unit. Cumberland, Maryland is a picturesque community with a population of about 25,000, located in the Allegany Mountains of Western Maryland. It is about a 2-hour drive from Pittsburgh, Washington or Baltimore, and serves as the center for an area of over 200,000 people. The hospital is a five minute walk from Allegany College of Maryland and within 15 minutes of Rocky Gap State Park and Frostburg State University. Summer students have meals provided by the hospital when they are doing patient visitation. Housing is the student’s responsibility, but help is provided in locating suitable and affordable accommodations. Accreditation This program is accredited by the ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION to offer Level 1 and Level II CPE. Requirements: In addition to ordained clergy, full-time religious workers and seminary students, other personally qualified individuals will be considered. Acceptance of students is non-discriminatory. To apply: A screening interview by the Center’s supervisor or by another ACPE supervisor (if more convenient geographically) is required.
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