We offer different CPE units throughout the year. Below is general information about each unit and whether or not applications are still being accepted for the upcoming unit.
Extended Unit (Academic Year): Level 1 and Level 2 CPE students are considered for this unit. The time commitment is fourteen hours a week, plus one on-call overnight shift a month. This unit comprises 400 hours of educational components and patient pastoral visiting.
- Offered mid-September to the end of April
- Benefits include: Cafeteria Meal coupons, and other discounts
offered from the BWH Perks Office - Tuition: $800
- Application Fee: $75
- Extended Unit CPE '10-'11: Application Deadline - May 1, 2010 (Rolling Admissions)
Click here for the CPE Application
Click here for the CPE Reference Form
Click here for the CPE Checklist
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Semester Based CPE (Fall Unit): Level 1 and Level 2 CPE students are considered for this unit. The time commitment is 22 hours a week, and 7 overnights or on-call shifts. This unit comprises 400 hours of educational components and patient pastoral visiting.
- Program runs from September - December
- Benefits include: Cafeteria Meal coupons, and other discounts
offered from the BWH Perks Office - Tuition: $800
- Application Fee: $75
- Semester based CPE - Fall Unit 2010: Application Deadline - May 1, 2010 (Rolling Admissions)
Click here for the CPE Application
Click here for the CPE Reference Form
Click here for the CPE Checklist
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Semester Based CPE (Spring Unit): Level 1 and Level 2 CPE students are considered for this unit. The time commitment is 22 hours a week, and 7 overnights or on-call shifts. This unit comprises 400 hours of educational components and patient pastoral visiting.
- Program runs from January - April
- Benefits include: Cafeteria Meal coupons, and other discounts
offered from the BWH Perks Office - Tuition: $800
- Application Fee: $75
- Semester based CPE - Spring Unit 2010: Application Deadline - October 1, 2009 (Rolling Admissions)
Click here for the CPE Application
Click here for the CPE Reference Form
Click here for the CPE Checklist
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Intensive Unit (Summer): Level 1 and Level 2 CPE students are considered for this ten-week unit. The time commitment is forty hours a week, including seven on-call overnight shifts. This unit comprises 400 hours of educational components and patient pastoral visiting.
- Offered from the end of May to the end of August
- Benefits include: Cafeteria Meal coupons, and other discounts
offered from the BWH Perks Office - Tuition: $800
- Application Fee: $75 (If applying to the Summer Unit at both BWH and MGH, please send an application fee of $37.50 to each respective site. If only applying to one site, the application fee is $75).
- Intensive Unit Summer 2010: Application Deadline - November 15, 2009 (Rolling Admissions)
Click here for the CPE Application
Click here for the CPE Reference Form
Click here for the CPE Checklist
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Residency Unit (Academic Year): The residency program offers three CPE units over the academic year. This nine month program requires residents to do forty hours a week, which includes one overnight on-call each week and class time. Residents are also eligible for Benefit time and have breaks scheduled in between each unit.
Applicants must have completed one unit of CPE prior to applying for residency.
- Offered from the beginning of September to the end of May
- Benefits include: health and dental insurance for self and family
- Tuition: $200 (per unit)
- Application Fee: $75
- Stipend: $ 19,462
- CPE Residency '10-'11: Application Deadline - February 1, 2010 (Rolling Admissions)
Click here for the CPE Application
Click here for the CPE Reference Form
Click here for the CPE Checklist
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Please note: Applicants for the CPE residency program are asked to fill out the same application as the CPE interns and are also asked to complete additional paperwork, please see CPE Residency Information.
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