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CPSP Board Certified Clinical Fellow in Hospice and Palliative Care

In the recent decade, public attention on the work of care for the terminally ill has greatly increased, largely through government funding of such work.  The American Board of Medical Specialties approved palliative medicine as a new medical specialty in 2006, followed by the first board certification granted for physicians in palliative medicine in 2008.  Clinical Chaplaincy has been an integral part of this emerging model of care.  In response, CPSP has developed a subspecialty certification for Board Certified Clinical Chaplains, “Board Certified Clinical Fellow in Hospice and Palliative Care” (FHPC). This will be a subspecialty credential for those first credentialed as Board Certified Clinical Chaplains (BCCC) or Board Certified Pastoral Counselors (BCPC).



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CPSP Chapters will receive requests from candidates for this certification, and will review the request.  The candidate for FHPC subspecialty certification may download the application which is available on the Documents page of our website at  http://www.pastoralreport.com/documents.html.  The completed application, along with the Chapter’s endorsement letter, and a one- time certification fee of $100 should be sent to the CPSP Hospice and Palliative Care Certification Committee for review.  Board Certified Chaplains holding credentials with certifying bodies other than CPSP are eligible for certification providing that the CPSP certification standards for the subspecialty credential of Board Certified Fellow in Hospice and Palliative Care are met.
 
If you have any questions regarding this credential, please contact Barbara A. McGuire, CPSP Registrar at the following link: cpspregistrar@gmail.com
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