Healthcare Chaplaincy Professional Development
Whether you’re pursuing board certification or maintaining it, SpirituWell provides education, mentorship, and practical support to help you grow as a healthcare chaplain.
What Brings You Here?
I'm Preparing for Board Certification
For chaplains who have completed CPE and are seeking mentorship, guidance, and structured support through the board certification process.
Board Certification PrepI'm Already Board Certified
Earn CE credits and continue your professional growth through education designed for healthcare chaplains.
Continuing EducationWhether you're preparing for board certification or maintaining it, we're here to support your growth as a healthcare chaplain.
Board Certification Preparation
Board Certification Preparation
The transition from CPE to board certification is one of the most important milestones in a chaplain’s professional journey. While CPE provides essential clinical and reflective practice training, many chaplains seek additional guidance as they navigate certification requirements, develop competency materials, prepare for interviews, and work toward becoming board certified.
SpirituWell’s Board Certification Preparation program provides practical guidance, mentorship, and feedback from experienced board-certified chaplains who understand both the certification process and the realities of healthcare chaplaincy. Whether you are just beginning the process or preparing final materials for review, our support options are designed to help you move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Program Components
Board Certification Preparation Webinar & Reference Guide
Build a strong foundation with a recorded 2-hr webinar and reference guide that includes detailed certification roadmap and checklist, competency essay guidance, and other supporting resources designed to help you understand requirements, expectations, timelines, and common challenges throughout the certification process.
Individual Mentoring & Coaching
Receive 1:1 personalized guidance from experienced board-certified chaplains who have been APC mentors and APC committee members who will help you navigate questions, maintain momentum, develop a preparation strategy, and approach the certification process with greater confidence. Up to 3 hours of mentoring included.
Competency Essay Review & Feedback
Strengthen your written materials through detailed review and feedback on competency essays and supporting documents. Gain actionable feedback into applying theory, essay structure, reflective depth, and alignment with certification expectations. Up to 2 essay submissions and reviews included.
Outcomes
Participants gain:
- A clearer understanding of certification requirements and expectations
- Greater confidence navigating the certification process
- Stronger competency essays, written materials, and applications
- Personalized guidance from experienced board-certified chaplains
- Improved readiness for certification review and interviews
Choose the level of support that best fits your goals, experience, and stage in the certification process.
Continuing Education
SpirituWell’s Continuing Education programs help healthcare chaplains maintain certification requirements while deepening their clinical, leadership, and professional practice skills. Learn from experienced faculty through practical, engaging programs designed for the realities of healthcare chaplaincy.
Structure
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Single webinar and multi-month program structure — Monthly 90-minute live webinars designed to provide up to 50 CE hours per year.
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Interactive learning — Faculty-led teaching combined with case discussions, reflection, and practical tools for clinical use.
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Flexible participation — Attend live or watch recordings at your own pace, with access to materials.
Learning Themes
Our program blends clinical practice, leadership, self-care, research, and ethics to advance professional chaplaincy. You’ll explore:
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Advanced spiritual assessment and interventions for existential distress.
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Strategies for resilience, boundaries, and self-care.
- Leadership, mentoring, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Outcomes
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Earn CE hours that meet annual requirements for board-certified chaplains
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Gain practical tools to immediately apply in patient care
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Strengthen professional standing with evidence-based competencies
Strengthen your chaplaincy practice with advanced continuing education (CE) webinars and online courses led by seasoned healthcare chaplains.
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Why Receive Professional Development from SpirituWell?
With an average of 15 years in healthcare chaplaincy, our instructors includes hospital leaders, ACPE educators, and seasoned chaplains whose experience spans inpatient, outpatient, and virtual care.
