Invited pilot
Rehearse the conversation before it matters.
A private practice environment for chaplaincy trainees. Work through a branching bedside conversation one response at a time, see where the route you took led, and leave with something specific to take to supervision.
No score, no certificate, no supervisor looking over your shoulder.
I told the desk I don’t need a chaplain. No offence to you.
Three responses. None of them is the right answer — at a real bedside, none of them is either. You pick one and find out what it opens or closes.
How it works
Six to ten minutes, start to finish.
- 01
The patient speaks first
Their words, the room, and nothing else. No briefing on what they need, because you would not have one.
- 02
You choose a response
Three or four, each a real thing a chaplain might say. None is marked correct.
- 03
The conversation moves
They respond to what you actually said. Shut something down and it stays shut.
- 04
You see where it went
The route you took, what each choice opened or closed, and a place to write what you noticed in yourself.
The scenarios
4 in the pilot. Each written by a person and approved by a named chaplain before publication.
"Nobody in this place will give me a straight answer"
A patient's son intercepts you outside his mother's bay. He is angry, loud, and it is aimed at whoever arrives next.
"Just tell me it's going to be all right"
A patient asks you, directly and repeatedly, to promise her something you cannot honestly promise.
"I don't know what happens next"
A patient nearing the end of life says she is frightened, and asks you what happens after.
"I don't need a chaplain"
A patient has told the nursing desk he does not want to see a chaplain. You have been asked to look in anyway.
What this is not
Stated here rather than buried in the terms, because it is the part people most need to be sure of.
Not an assessment
No grade, no score, no ranking, no certificate. Outcomes describe where a fictional conversation went, not how good you are.
Not visible to your supervisor
Nobody sees an attempt unless you choose to share that specific one. Your written reflection is a separate choice again.
Not written by AI
No model runs while you are using it. Every line was authored by a person and reviewed before publication. Your reflections are never sent to an AI provider.
Not a substitute for supervision
It adds to supervision and to your institution's policy; it never stands in for either, and it has no role in a real clinical situation.
Request an invitation
The pilot runs with 10–15 trainees so we can read every piece of feedback properly. We reply either way.