Utilization of professional supervision and consultation. Readiness to provide pastoral care on deployments in peacetime or war. Residents develop and integrate their theories and models of ministry. This involves identifying the basic theological and psychological premises that shape their understanding of the human condition. Residents demonstrate integration by articulating their theory of ministry and how it shapes their spiritual assessment criteria and styles of relating in pastoral care experiences.
Emphasis is placed on providing quality pastoral care that meets the needs of military readiness.