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DIPLOMAS,
DEGREES, AND POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
CAMBRIDGE
THEOLOGICAL FEDERATION
MA
in Pastoral Theology: Healthcare Chaplaincy
AM
I QUALIFIED TO DO THIS COURSE?
To be accepted on the programme applicants need to have some pastoral
experience and the equivalent of degree level work in theology.
No previous chaplaincy experience is necessary.
COURSE
OUTLINE:
The course consists of 4 taught modules and a dissertation. Three
modules are compulsory:
CORE
MODULE: PASTORAL THEOLOGY IN HISTORY & PRACTICE
This module introduces participants to the discipline of pastoral
theology and offers methods of theological reflection on practical
work.
HEALTH
CARE CHAPLAINCY MODULE: This is the key module for the MA in Health
Care Chaplaincy. It aims to equip people who are engaging or considering
engaging in chaplaincy with a firm ideological and theological basis
for their work. The objective is to deepen participants’ awareness
of the history, theology and practice of health care chaplaincy.
The module focuses on the particularities of pastoral theology and
praxis as a distinct discipline within a health care setting.
PLACEMENT
MODULE: The placement aims to develop appropriate pastoral skills
within a specific health care setting. Placement options include:
acute medical; mental health services & hospice. The placement
involves 300 hours of practical experience, supervision and reflection
over a wide range of services and in a diversity of contexts. Passing
this module is essential as an indication of fitness to practice.
Placements
are available as a month’s block or as a weekly commitment over
a longer period by negotiation. A CRB enhanced disclosure is
required.
ONE
OTHER MODULE:
The fourth taught module may be selected from those offered in the
Pastoral Theology programme or another Health Care programme offered
by APU. Participants who wish to do empirical research in their
dissertation are required to take the RESEARCH
METHODS MODULE: DISSERTATION:
The dissertation, which should be at least 15,000 words long, should
tackle some appropriate dimension of research in the health care
chaplaincy field.
Those
who do not take the dissertation may receive a POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA
IN PASTORAL THEOLOGY: HEALTH CARE CHAPLAINCY on passing the four
taught modules.
For
further details:
Revd Dr Derek J Fraser
Lead Chaplain
Addenbrookes Hospital
Tel: 01223 217769
Email: derek.fraser@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
CARDIFF
UNIVERSITY
School
of Religious and Theological Studies
With St. Michael’s College, Llandaff
Master of Theology in Chaplaincy Studies (Health)
The
MTh is a postgraduate, post-experience course which aims to develop
intellectual competence and post-graduate skills, to deepen reflective
practice and develop pastoral practice. The programme therefore
aims to make chaplains more effective in their roles, so that they
can make an enhanced contribution within their chaplaincy work.
It also provides an opportunity for exploring present and future
training and educational needs within professional development.
The
MTh has a number of routes specifically tailored to the needs of
each chaplaincy discipline. It is delivered over three years via
four short residential schools per year with individual directed
personal study.
The
MTh is a two-part programme:
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Part I: six modules assessed by coursework
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Part II: a 16,000 word dissertation on a topic of your choice
The
course is delivered in a collegiate environment which provides opportunity
for reflection, prayer and worship alongside formal study. Students
currently on the MTh serve as chaplains in: The British Army and
Royal Navy; Healthcare; Education; and Prisons. Chaplains on the
MTh come from different world faith backgrounds and the programme
is aimed at serving chaplains who work in a multi-faith and multi-cultural
context.
For
further details
Ms
Tina Franklin, St. Michael’s College, Llandaff
Tel: 029 2056 3379
Email: Tina.Franklin@stmichaels.ac.uk
Website:
www.stmichaels.ac.uk
DURHAM
UNIVERSITY
MA/MSc Spirituality, Theology and Health
The
Durham Project for Spirituality, Theology & Health is a collaborative
venture between the Department of Theology & Religion and the
School for Medicine & Health of Durham University Spirituality,
Theology and Health.
This
is a new inter-professional and inter-disciplinary programme, offered
by the Durham Project for Spirituality, Theology & Health, leading
to an MA or MSc, in which clergy, health professionals, theologians,
anthropologists, psychologists and others may study alongside each
other.
The
aims of the programme
•
To provide a taught postgraduate programme on which theologians
and scientists, clergy/chaplains and healthcare professionals
may reflect together on their understanding of the interdisciplinary
field of spirituality, theology and health.
•
To assist practitioners (clergy and healthcare professionals)
in acquiring and extending their ability to reflect theologically
on their pastoral and clinical work in spirituality and healthcare.
• To provide practitioners and researchers with subject specific
knowledge and skills supportive
of progression to teaching others about spirituality, theology
and health.
•
To provide a depth of knowledge of the literature and in research
skills prior to undertaking a doctoral programme of study (PhD
or DThM) in this field.
•
To assist those who, already having a master’s degree or doctorate
in a different but related field, wish to enter this as a new
academic field for research or teaching.
•
To allow students to conduct, on their individual initiative,
a substantial piece of academic research with a primary focus
on either theology (MA route) or health (MSc route).
Programme
structure
Two
core modules and a dissertation are compulsory components of the programme:
1
Spirituality, Religion & Health – 30 credits
2 Practical Theology: Context, Practice and Methodology – 30 credits
3 Dissertation – 60 credits
Relevant
modules to a total of 60 credits may be taken from other programmes
in the Department of Theology & Religion, School for Medicine
& Health and from the MSc in Medical Anthropology.
For
further details:
Professor Christopher Cook, Programme Director
Department of Theology and Religion
Tel:
0191 334 3929
Email: c.c.h.cook@durham.ac.uk
Website: www.durham.ac.uk/spirituality.health
HEYTHROP
COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
MA
Contemporary Ethics - 1 year full-time. 2 years part-time (evenings)
This
degree may be of special interest to teachers, ministers of religion,
those whose occupation requires ethical reflection, particularly
public and social service professionals, and those who simply are
interested in exploring a range of issues related to moral life.
This
timely and challenging programme explores questions such as ‘what
is the good life?’; ‘how should we act?’; ‘how do we assess difficult
moral situations?’; ‘what does moral living require of us, both
in terms of who we are as human beings and as professionals?’ In
searching for answers, you will be introduced to different schools
of ethics; you will learn how to articulate new ethical dilemmas
and formulate coherent moral arguments, and you will examine how
to apply Western Christian insights and ethical values to all aspects
of life.
By
comparing and analysing different viewpoints and arguments advanced
by moral theologians and philosophers, the module will provide students
with an up-to-date understanding of current ethical and theological
debates surrounding bioethical questions. It is thus designed to
encourage students to think critically and apply principles of moral
theology to topical issues in the sphere of bioethics, such physician-assisted
suicide, cloning genetic modifications of humans and animals, pre-implantation
testing and the creation of saviour siblings, homosexuality and
human behaviour affecting climate change.
Lectures
promoting active engagement in discussions keep pace with the latest
developments in the expanding field of bioethics, with news one
day about human-animal hybrids and the next day about search for
life on other planets and questions about creation and evolution.
For
further details:
Tel:
020 7795 6600
Email: enquiries@heythrop.ac.uk
Website: www.heythrop.ac.uk
HEYTHROP
COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
MA
Pastoral Theology (1 year full-time. 2 years part-time)
The
special quality of the MA Pastoral Theology is in integrating theory
and practice, theology and experience, faith and action. For
those already in the thick of practical pastoral work, it presents
a framework for reading and study to bring those elements together. The
MA is suitable for those in, or preparing for, ministry in the Christian
churches, whether ordained or not. It is also relevant for teachers,
counsellors, therapists, health care professionals or those in the
legal profession.
The
module (taught at the John Robinson Fellowship, Maudsley Hospital)
is an introduction to mental health issues and models of treatment
and care, and its spiritual, religious and transpersonal dimensions.
For
further details:
Tel: 020 7795 6600
Email: enquiries@heythrop.ac.uk
Website: www.heythrop.ac.uk
LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
MA
in Health Studies - Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
This
postgraduate course has been designed by academics and experienced
chaplains to meet the professional development needs of those working
in healthcare chaplaincy. The course of study covers a broad range
of professional knowledge and capability supporting the provision
of excellence in care. It has a direct bearing on the Knowledge
and Skills Framework of the NHS.
Module
1 – Spiritual and Pastoral Care
- To
introduce core theories and practice of spiritual and pastoral
care
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To develop the capacity to assess spiritual needs and plan effective
responses
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To develop the capacity to assess religious needs and plan effective
responses
Module
2 – Professional Practice in Healthcare
- To
develop the chaplain as reflective practitioner, competent to
work within the complex interface of health care and pastoral
practice
- To
develop an understanding of the theory, values and practice of
chaplaincy in relation to the key stakeholders of and practice
in the health service and social care contexts.
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To develop the professional identity of the chaplain
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To develop ethical practice in health and social care contexts.
Module
3 – Opening Learning
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This module aims to allow students to develop autonomy in their
professional and academic development in a specific area of practice
identified by the student.
Please
note this list is not exhaustive and modules may change from time
to time.
For
further details:
Course
Enquiries
Tel:
0113 812 3113
Website: http://courses.leedsmet.ac.uk/chaplaincy_ma
MARKFIELD
INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, LEICESTERSHIRE
Muslim
Community Studies
The
Muslim Community Studies programme aims to develop critical, rigorous
and objective scholarship in Islamic Studies and to foster an understanding
and appreciation of how Muslim communities can live and work in
a multi-faith, multi-cultural environment. This course will enable
students to take leadership and management roles within Muslim communities.
Students can choose to study for one of the following:
Postgraduate
Certificate which focuses on the study of Muslim in Britain, together
with the study of further contemporary modules to attain 60 credit
points.
Postgraduate
Diploma which builds on these modules and allows students to study
a choice of modules to attain 120 credit points.
MA
Degree which requires research into a specialist area of the student's
choice and submission of a dissertation of between 15,000 and 18,000
words.
For
further details:
The
Markfield Institute of Higher Education
Tel:
01530 244 922
Email:
info@mihe.org.uk
Website: www.mihe.org.uk
MARYVALE INSTITUTE, BIRMINGHAM- CERTIFICATE & DIPLOMA IN
EVANGELISATION & MINISTRY FOR THE SICK (distance-learning)
Course
content
This course assists those in parishes who have a special commitment
towards working with the sick, whether as extraordinary Eucharistic
ministers, catechists or in their pastoral care; it also supports
chaplains and visitors in hospitals and those involved in ministry
to the sick at a supra-parish level, providing the skills needed to
support them in their vocation.
Course
structure and content.
The modules cover the basic principles of ministry to the sick,
rooted in a strong ecclesial identity, together with issues concerned
with spiritual and human development. The course also includes sensitive
and considered principles concerned with the sharing of faith with
others. As part of the course participants undertake a placement
related to the development of key skills in ministry to the sick
For further
details:
Tel: 0121 360 8118
Website: www.maryvale.ac.uk/index.php?id=209
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY'S CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(CPD) Centre offers:
A variety
of teaching methods are used, including lectures, small group
work, and problem based learning. Courses are
constantly updated to reflect the changing needs of
a large range of health care professionals, including: doctors,
nurses, other professions allied to medicine; health librarians;
health educators; quality assurance professionals; and health care
researchers.
The
Centre collaborates with the University
Faculty of Clinical Medicine and the Institute of Health Sciences, which allows us to draw upon
a wide variety of experts to both develop and teach.
St
John’s Extension Studies
Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Pastoral Counselling
Open Days: Wednesday 23 March 2011, Friday 13 May or Wednesday 15
June 2011
Interested
in training in Pastoral Counselling? Not enough time? Why not try
part-time study or distance learning?
A unique
part time programme in a residential learning environment, integrating
professional counselling training with a Gestalt approach to counselling
theory and Christian spirituality. It is designed for people working
in the caring professions, clergy, church pastoral workers, and
those considering a career in pastoral counselling.
The
course is validated by the University
of Chester
and can be taken over 3 or 4 years as part of a progression to professional
accreditation. Each year consists of 20 residential days with extensive
theoretical and practical work in between. Students will be given
the opportunity to extend their studies to an MA as well as working
towards professional BACP accreditation.
Some
lay workers and clergy may wish to take Stage 1 as a stand-alone
year as part of their own personal and professional development
in pastoral care and counselling skills.
Further
details
Karen Morral:
Tel: 0115 925 1117
Email: k.morral@stjohns-nottm.ac.uk
Website: http://www.stjohns-nottm.ac.uk/pastoral-care-and-counselling/
ST JOHN'S EXTENSION STUDIES
Counselling Skills for Pastoral Care
Open Days: Wednesday 23 March 2011, Friday 13 May or Wednesday 15
June 2011
Interested
in training in Pastoral Counselling? Not enough time? Why not try
part-time study or distance learning?
An
introductory but substantial programme which many people involved
in pastoral care in churches have found useful. This course is often
taken by students progressing to the Postgraduate Diploma/MA or
can count towards our Certificate in Christian Studies.
Starts
September and concludes with a further residential April 2012.
No
interview necessary but please apply now to secure your place.
Further
details:
Teresa Harrison-With
Tel: 0115 925 1117
Email: t.harrison@stjohns-nottm.ac.uk
Website: http://www.stjohns-nottm.ac.
uk/pastoral-care-and-counselling/
ST
MARY'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TWICKENHAM, LONDON
Foundation
Degree in Healthcare Chaplaincy
This
unique part-time programme is designed to enable practitioners of
healthcare chaplaincy to gain new perspectives on their key role
in the modern NHS and acquire a relevant degree qualification.
By examining the realities of the workplace context as well as exploring
personal, ethical and religious issues connected with patient care,
students of this course will acquire a range of transferable skills
whilst specifically developing their professional expertise as healthcare
chaplains
The
foundation degree programme is scheduled to be studied part-time
over a minimum of two years. Each component of the course is worth
20 credits. It has been designed in consultation with experts in
the field of healthcare chaplaincy covering a pertinent range of
studies. Modules include: Chaplaincy in Context; Working in the
NHS; Bioethical Issues; The Human Person - Focus of Care; Multi-faith
Approaches to Sickness & Healing; Religion and Psychology; Spirituality
and Ethics; Insights into Illness; Islam/Judaism/Buddhism/Hinduism;
The Human One: Jesus in the Gospels; The Chaplain as Reflective
Practitioner; and Death, Dying & Bereavement.
Level
1
In
the first year students follow six core modules designed to familiarise
them with the personal and organisational context of their work.
Bioethical issues are introduced alongside a study of the human
person. Finally, multi-faith approaches to sickness and healing
are considered, as well as death, dying and bereavement. Successful
completion of these modules (120 credits) entitles the student to
a Higher Education Certificate award.
Level
2
Students
successful at Level 1, progressing to their second year, study four
core modules, deepening their critical understanding of their role
as practitioners and the impact of recent developments within the
NHS. Controversial questions in bioethics are examined and likewise
the consequences for care of particular health problems in the module
Insights into Illness.
For
further details
Tel: 020 8240 4198
Email:
chants@smuc.ac.uk
Website: www.smuc.ac.uk
ST
MARY'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TWICKENHAM, LONDON
A
College of the University
of Surrey
MA
in Bioethics and Medical Law
Postgraduate Diploma or Certificate in Bioethics and Medical Law
Everyday,
it seems, some new medical ethical problem appears in the news:
whether to do with resource allocation or withdrawing treatment,
assisting suicide or human cloning. There is an obvious need for
people, and especially for healthcare professionals and teachers,
to be informed about these issues.
To
address this need, St Mary's University
College has
established a Postgraduate Programme in Bioethics and Medical Law.
The discipline of bioethics addresses ethical issues related to
medicine, life sciences, and associated technologies as applied
to human beings, taking into account their social, legal, environmental
and spiritual dimensions.
The
primary aim of the programme is to promote respect for human dignity
and respect for the life of human beings through the provision of
a thorough academic understanding of the major issues and competing
schools of contemporary bioethics. The perspective of the course
is strongly influenced by the Hippocratic Oath. This corresponds
closely to the traditional stance of Judaism and Christianity on
medical ethics.
For
further details:
Dr
Trevor Stammers, Programme Director
Tel:
0208 240 4310
Email: trevor.stammers@smuc.ac.uk
Website:
www.smuc.ac.uk
ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TWICKENHAM, LONDON
A
College of the University
of Surrey
MA
in Pastoral Theology
With
Pathways in Chaplaincy Studies, Pastoral Leadership and Christian
Spirituality
Postgraduate
Diploma or Certificate in Pastoral Theology
St.
Mary’s University
College is particularly concerned that
academic theology should be in the service of the churches, the
world and wider society and offers specialist pathways in Chaplaincy
Studies, Christian Spirituality and Pastoral Leadership.
There
are three possible postgraduate qualifications in Pastoral Theology:
the Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s
Degree. Each is incremental on the other so having completed the
two core modules of the course you will be eligible for the PG Certificate.
If you successfully complete the Optional Modules you will be eligible
for the Postgraduate Diploma and, if this is followed with the Dissertation,
you will be eligible for the Master’s degree.
The
course can be studied in one of three pathways:
Pathway
One: Chaplaincy Studies: Chaplaincy in Context (compulsory);
Proclamation and Preaching (recommended); and Contemporary Issues
in Pastoral Theology (recommended). (All are 20 credits each)
Pathway
Two: Pastoral Leadership: Pastoral Leadership (compulsory);
Catechetics and Religious Education (recommended); and Church Law
(recommended). (All are 20 credits each)
Pathway
Three: Christian Spirituality: Christian Spirituality (compulsory);
Christian Spiritual Direction (recommended); and Monastic and Medieval
Spirituality (recommended). (All are 20 credits each)
For
further details
Sam Chant
St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London
Tel:
020 8240 4198
Email:
chants@smuc.ac.uk
Website: www.smuc.ac.uk
STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY
MSc Professional Practice in Spirituality, Health &
Pastoral Care (part-time over three years)
The
purpose of the award is to develop the professional and practical
skills of those who wish to take spiritual/religious beliefs, practices
and experiences seriously as part of respect for the whole person.
This award is distinctive in its concern for a wide variety of religious
and spiritual expressions and in its readiness to tackle some of
the hard questions.
This
award pathway in Spirituality, Health and Pastoral Care is designed
for those who have a particular interest in and contribution to
make to religious and spiritual care within the context of a multi-disciplinary
team.
Modules
will normally be studied in the following sequence:
Year
1:
Critical Appraisal Skills and Research Awareness; Spirituality,
Ethics and Valuing the Person; Introduction to Spirituality and
Religion; and Spiritual Care in Contexts of Differing Belief.
Year
2:
Research Methods and Methodologies; Meaning in Sacred Texts; Spirituality,
Health & Social Policy, Research and Assessment; Negotiated
Learning Module or Option Module such as Loss, Grief and Bereavement;
or Reflective Practice in Palliative Care.
Year
3:
15,000 – 20,000 word Dissertation or Project Based Change.
For
further details:
Louise
Taylor, Principal Lecturer
Tel: 01785
353682
Email: L.M.Taylor@staffs.ac.uk
UNIVERSITY
OF OXFORD, CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Ethics in Healthcare
This
course is a freestanding module at the Master's level, as well as
being an accredited unit on the University's MSc in Evidence-Based
Heath Care. It aims to help participants analyse and assess arguments
within the ethics of health care; to argue effectively, taking the
strongest counter-arguments into account; to apply some main ethical
concepts and theories to selected moral dilemmas; to appraise some
main current frameworks for discussion of health-care ethics; and
to articulate their own moral values
The syllabus covers aspects of ethical theory and relates them to
health-care and to specific topics within that, such as consent,
autonomy, resource allocation, and issues at the beginning and end
of life. Student-led seminars, and the course assignment itself,
analyse ethical dilemmas participants have met in their own professional
experience. Resources are discussed, such as the UK Clinical Ethics
Network.
Ethics
in Health Care is a 5-day course that takes place on non-consecutive
days. The days are non-consecutive because the course teaching staff
believe that at this level of teaching participants need
time to assimilate each day's course work and prepare for the subsequent
session. Each day’s programme will be from 9:30 to 17:30 with breaks
for lunch and refreshments.
Participants
will receive the full course syllabus, which includes introductory
reading materials and exercises, before the start of the course
in order to do any preparation needed.
Assessment
will be based on submission of a written assignment which should
not exceed 5,000 words.
Those
wishing to may apply to take the course with accreditation. Oxford
University Department for Continuing Education offers credit equivalent
to Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS) points for the
course. Participants attending at least 70% of the taught course
and successfully completing assessed assignments are eligible to
earn credit equivalent to 20 M-level CATS points which may be counted
towards a postgraduate qualification.
Those
who do not wish to do the additional assessed work required for
Academic Credit will receive a certificate of attendance at the
end of the course.
For
further details
Oxford University Department for Continuing Education – Health Sciences
Course
Caroline Elmslie (Portfolio Manager)
Tel: +44 (0)1865 286947
Email: cpdhealth@conted.ox.ac.uk
USHAW
COLLEGE – ONLINE - (temporarily
unavailable)
Module
- Exploring Chaplaincy - £60
This
module is an elective (or specialist) module for the Catholic Certificate
in Religious Studies (“CCRS”). Two elective modules are required
to complete the certificate programme. This module can be studied
as part of the CCRS or as a stand alone module for personal or professional
interest. The module has been developed in conjunction with
various chaplaincy sectors. It offers an opportunity to explore
the nature of chaplaincy in the life and mission of the Roman Catholic
Church across a variety of contexts and settings and promotes the
skills and knowledge required for this ministry. It is suitable
for those already working as chaplains and who wish to reflect and
learn about their ministry as well as for anyone exploring more
about chaplaincy or thinking about becoming a chaplain. It is hoped
that additional specialist modules relating to specific chaplaincy
settings will become available in the future.
The
study units of this module examine the role of chaplaincy as follows:
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What is Chaplaincy?
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History of Chaplaincy
-
A Catholic theology of chaplaincy
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Living in two worlds
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Working with others
Please
note that a chaplaincy placement is required either in-post or arranged
short-term to accompany this module.
For
further details:
Course
Administrator, Ann Scott
Tel:
0191 373 8517
Email:
courses@ushaw.ac.uk
Web: www.ushaw.ac.uk
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