Rev. David R. Jenkins, the Director of Chaplaincy at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, was awarded the Doctor of Ministry Degree on May 20, 2007, at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. The final project, entitled "Enhancing Integration of Psychological and Theological Reflection on Caregiving Practice: Implications for CPE Curricula" focuses attention to an integrative teaching method for Clinical Pastoral Education Students.

Rev. Jenkins states: "My goal in this project was to determine to what extent students could become "bilingually competent", that is, proficient in the use of both psychological and theological languages in the context of providing spiritual care to our cancer patients." He would welcome any discussion of this topic through our community forum, where he has established this topic on the message tree under the title: "An Integrative Model for Theological Reflection".