Sisters of Charity Hospital offers several progressions of CPE program, all of which are accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE). ACPE defines successful achievement of each tier (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b) according to the self and supervisor evaluation of specified categories, outcomes, and indicators found here: REVISED: ACPE Outcomes and Indicators – ACPE Manuals – 2020 (manula.com)
CPE students can also progress towards professional certification. Catholic Health highly values competency in pastoral care-giving and works reciprocally with governing bodies that hold to common standards. (apchaplains.org). There are several such certifying organizations and each have slightly different requirements, though all demand CPE: