The Nethersole Institute of Continuing Holistic Health Education
Nethersole Outreaching Rehabilitation Mission
Chaplaincy Service
Clinical Pastoral Education Training Programme
Hospital Museum
   
 
Objectives
 
1. Become aware of oneself as a pastoral carer and the ways one's ministry affect persons and to develop the skills to provide intensive and extensive pastoral care and counseling to persons in their crises and situations;
2. Understand and utilize the clinical method of learning;
3. Utilize the support, confrontation and clarification of the peer group for the integration of personal attributes and pastoral functioning;
4. Utilize individual and group supervision for personal and professional growth and for developing the capacity to evaluate one's ministry;
5. Develop the ability to make optimum use of one's religious heritage, theological understanding, and knowledge of the behavioral sciences in pastoral ministry to persons and groups;
6. Become aware of how one's attitudes, values, and assumptions affect one's ministry and to acquire a self-knowledge which permits pastoral care to be offered within one's strengths and weaknesses;
7. Become aware of the pastoral role in interdisciplinary relationships and to work effectively as a pastoral member of an interdisciplinary team; and
8. Become aware of how social conditions and structures affect the lives of self and others and to effectively address these issues in ministry.

Programme Options

Different units are offered as follows:

Summer Intensive Unit
 
June to August of each year (11 weeks including clinical practice and group sessions)
Full time: Mondays to Fridays (9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
 
Fall Intensive Unit
 
September to November of each year (11 weeks including clinical practice and group sessions)
Full time: Mondays to Fridays (9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
 
Spring Extended Unit
 
January to April of each year (15 weeks including clinical practice and group sessions)
Part time: Two full days and one half day each week; and 100 extra hours of clinical practice
 
Spring Evening Extended Unit
 
January to May of each year (23 weeks of group sessions)
Two evenings a week; and 200 hours of clinical practice arranged by students (This unit is designed for frontline medical and nursing staff)
 
Staff Information
 
Name
Title
Telephone
Pager
Ms. Tong Sun Nam Chaplain (Training Supervisor)
2689 2788
7327 7737
Ms. Chan Shui Kuen Chaplaincy Assistant
2689 2284
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