Finding Your Clinical Placement

The student is responsible for securing their own clinical placement site, and this requires a signed Clinical Placement Agreement from both a preceptor—a recognized professional at the placement site—and an administrative representative.

Students are required to have identified and secured:
- Clinical Placement Site
- Preceptor (MUST be a different person than the Administrative Representative)
- Administrative Representative (MUST be a different person than the Preceptor)

A preceptor is a contextually relevant professional practicing in and recognized by the clinical placement site and the ACPE Certified Educator.

Recognition for this role requires one or more of the following:

✔️ professional licensing, professional certification/authority to function in their role

✔️ an advanced degree in their field of expertise

✔️ faith group endorsement/local equivalent process

Examples of placement sites could be:

Healthcare: Hospitals, hospices, palliative care, etc.
Community Organizations: Congregations, shelters, nonprofits, etc.
Specialized Ministries: Schools, mental health, military chaplaincy, disaster relief, etc.