Health Professions and Related Programs
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities
Colleges award this field under 7 named programs, from Bioethics/Medical Ethics to Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities, Other.
Inside the major
Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 7 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Bioethics/Medical Ethics
- Focuses on the application of ethics, religion, jurisprudence, and the social sciences to the analysis of health care issues, clinical decision making, and research procedures. Covers philosophical ethics, moral value, medical sociology, theology, spirituality and health, policy analysis, decision theory, and applications to problems such as death and dying, therapeutic relationships, organ transplantation, human and animal subjects, reproduction and fertility, health care justice, cultural sensitivity, needs assessment, professionalism, conflict of interest, chaplaincy, and clinical or emergency procedures.
- Health Professions Education
- Focuses on education and administration leadership skills for clinical educators across health professions and specialties. Covers academic leadership, assessment, clinical decision making, curriculum development, ethics, primary care education, program evaluation, research methods, and statistics.
- Nursing Education
- Prepares registered nurses to teach in academic and clinical settings, including staff development. Covers advanced nursing practice, nursing role development, curriculum and instruction, program and course design, clinical instruction, and evaluation of learning.
- Medical/Health Humanities
- Explores the ethical, historical, literary, philosophical, and religious dimensions of medicine or health. Covers art, cultural studies, economics, ethics, history, literature, medical anthropology, philosophy, religion and spiritual thought, science and technology, visual art, and writing.
- History of Medicine
- Focuses on the historical evolution and socio-economic context of medical theories, education, practices, and technologies; and on the history of diseases, therapeutics, patients, and healers. Covers the concepts and methods of the historiography of medicine; the history of science, medicine, and technology; and of research methods in the history of medicine.
- Arts in Medicine/Health
- Focuses on the design, implementation, and management of programs that use the visual and performing arts in support of health and wellness among diverse individuals and communities. Covers dance, literary arts, music, theatre, healthcare systems, program administration, and public health.
- Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities, Other
- Health professions education, ethics, and humanities not listed above.
Also called Teaching Certificate for Pharmacists, Medical Education Teaching
Also called Narrative Medicine
Also called Theatre for Health, Visual Arts in Medicine, Dance in Medicine, Music in Medicine, Arts and Health, Arts in Healthcare, Arts in Public Health
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College options
Where to study it
Ordered by how many degrees each college awards in this field. Sort by any numbered column.
| College | Degrees a year | Admit rate | Average annual cost after aid |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas at San Antonio TX | 106 | 88% | $9,000 |
| Montclair State University NJ | 66 | 87% | $16,000 |
| Baylor University TX | 55 | 51% | $34,000 |
| University of Richmond VA | 39 | 23% | $16,000 |
| Houston Christian University TX | 21 | 85% | $20,000 |
| Rhodes College TN | 16 | 50% | $37,000 |
| Saint Louis University MO | 9 | 81% | $22,000 |
| Excelsior University NY | 7 | · | — |
| University of Rochester NY | 6 | 36% | $21,000 |
| University of Miami FL | 3 | 19% | $22,000 |
| MCPHS University MA | 1 | 85% | $38,000 |
| Stephen F Austin State University TX | 1 | 88% | $13,000 |