In order to apply to any of our CPE programs, you must complete the following:

1. An application, which includes essay questions and previous educator and student final evaluations, if applicable. The application must be submitted a minimum of six weeks prior to the start date of the CPE training unit and must clearly indicate the program for which you are applying (i.e. residency, distance learning, or internship).
2. Payment of the $50 non-refundable application fee. Application fee may be remitted by check payable to "Johns Hopkins CPE," credit card, or money order.

After submitting the above items, your application will be reviewed by an ACPE Certified Educator.  Although not all applicants will be interviewed, you will be contacted within two to three weeks of receiving your application. Applicants who are interviewed will be notified of the admission decision within two to three weeks of the interview.

Download the Johns Hopkins Application Form.

Openings regarding Certified Educator training may be obtained by calling Rev. Sally Miller at 410-614-4154. Certified Educator applicants, please use this application. 

Please submit your application materials by email and follow the submission of your application with your $50 application fee in a timely fashion. Questions regarding the application fee may be directed to Linda Johnson-Harvey.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital
c/o Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy
600 N Wolfe Street, Hurd 101
Baltimore, MD 21287

Application Tips

The Johns Hopkins CPE Programs are competitive. The following are helpful tips for completing your application:

1. Each essay question should not exceed 5 pages. Three to five well-developed paragraphs per question is typically long enough.
2. Consider being courageous when deciding what to share. Remember, this is a learning program in which you will be forming and developing for the purpose of providing empathic and effective spiritual care.
3. The helping incident you select may be enhanced by including dialogue in a verbatim format. You may also want to include a personal reflection paragraph or two at the conclusion, as a piece of analysis.
4. Clear and concrete goals for ministerial development are preferable to vague, abstract philosophies.
   
   

The CPE Interview

If you are invited for an interview at Johns Hopkins, please verify the time and link one week in advance. You are encouraged to be 5-10 minutes early for your interview.  All interviews are conducted via Zoom video.

During the interview, you will be asked questions based upon your application. Please come to your interview prepared with questions you have about the CPE programming and/or educators and the clinical context. Interviewers will be the CPE faculty and staff chaplains with the CPE programs at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and/or Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.  Interviews typically last no longer than one hour.

Multiple factors go into the decision to accept or decline applicants. The Johns Hopkins CPE programs do not discriminate against any person on any grounds, and make every attempt to be inclusive and seek diversity in all training groups. Depending upon the timeline for applicants and the beginning dates for a particular unit of training, it may be several weeks before all decisions about the upcoming training groups are made. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable to give specific feedback about the application process.