What to Expect

The Department of Spiritual Care at Spartanburg Regional offers an all-encompassing educational environment. CPE participants work alongside experienced chaplains of a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. Spartanburg Medical Center has two campuses in Spartanburg – Church Street Campus and Mary Black Campus. The Church Street Campus includes a Level I Trauma Center.

The Department of Spiritual Care and Education has a proud history of over 50 years. Chaplains are well respected and integrated into the medical services. Chaplains at Spartanburg Regional may touch the lives of more than 75,000 patients who are discharged annually. The department is delighted to share its ministry with CPE students, who are eager to live out their call and make a difference. 

In the CPE programs at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, CPE students: 

• Become confident spiritual caregivers and respected team members 
• Learn to be effective as they assist persons in the process of meaning-making 
• Cultivate their pastoral and professional identity and grow personally 
• Deepen their ability to utilize spiritual and religious resources 
• Practice outcome-oriented spiritual care 
• Experience a wealth of cultural, spiritual and religious diversity 
• Learn about latest advances and complexities in medicine and healthcare 
• Make use of educational relationships based on trust, support and challenge 
• Learn to bring their whole selves to their work as chaplains