Current Education Programs
Clinical Hospital Ministry Training
The CHMT program is a full-time eleven-week pastoral care training internship, requiring a commitment of 30 to 40 hours per week. The purpose of the CHMT program is to assist students in further developing their professional ministry competencies. To this end the program focuses on two primary areas of learning: Pastoral Care Competence and Pastoral Formation. The CHMT program includes the following methods of learning: clinical coverage (direct patient care), pastoral reflection with peer group, didactic seminars and written assignments, learning contract/goal setting and individual supervisory sessions. The clinical method of learning, pastoral action followed by pastoral reflection, is foundational to the program
Field-Education Internship
Sojourn is a learning site affiliated with seminaries of the Graduate Theological Union. Field-Education Internships are tailored to seminary students wishing to complete their field education or internship in a chaplaincy setting. Interns receive training in providing pastoral care to those facing illness, medical crisis or end-of-life and they work closely with on-site mentors who offer regular feedback and support. Students develop a formal learning covenant and work on specific learning goals. Students will have the opportunity to experience the large and diverse community of SFGH and will receive education on specific aspects of hospital chaplaincy ministry including, grief support, facilitation of ritual and active listening skills. Sojourn works actively with field education program leaders to assure that our internship program fulfills academic requirements.
