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Clinical Pastoral Education

Aurora Sinai Medical Center

Aurora Sinai Medical Center is located in downtown Milwaukee immediately adjacent to the campus of Marquette University. Aurora Sinai serves a very diverse mix of patients from the neighborhood and greater Milwaukee area. Specialty areas include bariatric surgery, Parkinson's Disease, Center for Senior Health and Longevity, women's health and orthopedics.

CPE students at Aurora Sinai serve as primary chaplain on various inpatient units and in some out patient clinics. Planetree is a model of patient-centered care that is implemented throughout the medical center and CPE students are involved in helping to ensure the spiritual component in their ministry with the diverse religious and spiritual needs of the patients and families. CPE at Aurora Sinai involves the traditional action-reflection model of learning where students share their reports of their ministry with peers and supervisor for feedback and critique. Ministry includes a minimum on-call responsibility of one day per week.

Residency

Currently, the program offers full-time 12-week units and a 12-month full time residency. The full time units are available in the fall and winter quarters, while the residency begins with the fall quarter in late August of each year. Tuition for all units is $350 per unit.

About the program supervisor

Reverend Edwin R. Foster is a certified ACPE supervisor and a Board Certified Chaplain in the Association of Professional Chaplains. Ed has been the supervisor of pastoral care at Aurora Sinai since June of 1998. Previously, he was chaplain-supervisor at Mendota Mental Health Institute for 14 years and associate director of pastoral care at Methodist hospital in Madison for two years. He trained at St. Luke's Medical Center of Milwaukee and Mendota Mental Health Institute and was introduced to CPE at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL. Before entering chaplaincy, Ed served as a pastor in United Methodist congregations in Wisconsin. He has special interests in Self Acceptance Healing and interfaith ministry. Ed is married and the father of two children.

Accreditation

Aurora Sinai Medical Center Clinical Pastoral Education Center is accredited to offer Level I and Level II Clinical Pastoral Education by the:

Association of Clinical Pastoral Education
1549 Clairmont Road, Suite 103
Decatur, GA 30033-4611
(404) 320-1472
http://www.acpe.edu

To learn more

To obtain information or an application contact:

Pastoral Care Dept.
Aurora Sinai Medical Center
945 N. 12th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Phone: (414) 219-6080 or email edwin.foster@aurora.org