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Health Care Chaplaincy in Hungary
2002
Standards Document in Hungarian
My name is Tünde Édes and I was born on 1 March 1951. Since
1989, I have worked as a clinical chaplain with the Calvinist Church of
Baranya County in Pécs
Education:
- Calvinist Theological University Budapest, 1984-1989. (Diploma
obtained: chaplain)
- Gereformeerde Universiteit Kampen, The Netherlands (postgraduate
training, 1992-1995)
- Free University, Amsterdam
(training for clinical chaplaincy 1995)
Language skills
Hungarian, Dutch, German, English and Russian
- Membership of Professional Bodies:
- Hungarian Hospice Society
- Hungarian Psychodrama Society
- Hospital Ethical Board, Pécs Key Qualifications
- Pastoral psychology (supervisor to-be)
- Psychodrama assistant
- Trained tutor of palliative care education
Professional activities:
- Religious service in the university clinics
- Spiritual counselling in different clinics and hospitals for the
patients of the university clinics: mainly cancer patients, children
with chronic illnesses, etc.
- Teaching (occasionally) of hospice nurses
- Teaching in the Menthalhygiene Department of Károli Gáspár
University of the Reformed Church
Specialized professional activities:
- Working as a member of the Mobil Team of Hospice in Pécs (there are
3 different Hospice teams) and connected to this
- I teach as a trainer the volunteers by the “Good Word” Foundation. 3
groups have been trained, looking for sponsors to every team.
- Looking tenders to the training works.
Visions for the future
- Development of clinical chaplain practice: teamwork, permanent
education
- Training of volunteers, involving them into the team
- To be not the only clinical chaplain in our city.
Rev Tünde Édes
Clinical Chaplain with the Calvinist Church of Baranya County
Pécs, Hungary
[May
2008] |
