This innovative course aids the practical, spiritual and theological formation of healthcare workers in their challenging vocation.
- Enables you to make an informed and reflective contribution to the healthcare sector
- Encourages the development of intellectual resources necessary for critical reflection on practical and ethical issues
- Supports and affirms you, as a healthcare worker, in all spheres of your vocation
- Aids spiritual and theological formation, and fosters a sense of community among healthcare workers
Why study Practitioners in Healthcare Ethics, Theology and Care?
In the work of ministering to people - often at crucial or vulnerable times in life - the healthcare practitioner encounters many challenges, surprises and sacred moments.
By undertaking our Healthcare Ethics, Theology and Care degree course you will have the opportunity to link theory with practice, and identify and work through challenges.
The degree also enables you to reflect deeply on those moments that are formative for you as a healthcare practitioner and often life-changing for people you meet on the journey.
This course is for healthcare practitioners who already have a healthcare placement. We offer the opportunity to learn with and from other healthcare practitioners.
Why St Mary's?
This unique part-time course is designed to enable you to gain new perspectives on your key role in the modern NHS and acquire a relevant degree qualification.
Building on the success of its Foundation Degree in Healthcare Chaplaincy St Mary’s University is pleased to offer this newly revised Foundation Degree for Practitioners in Healthcare Ethics, Theology and Care.
The new degree is for all healthcare practitioners from those working in care homes, to those working in hospices and in hospitals, not forgetting healthcare chaplains.
We regard the practice of healthcare as a vocation where expert and effective care has spiritual, theological and ethical dimensions. With its focus on pastoral care, theology and ethics, and rooted in respect for the dignity of all human beings, made in the image of God, this foundation degree looks to form each individual healthcare practitioner, enabling them to develop professionally.
Those from all faith traditions and none are welcome to apply.
Please note: Practitioners in Healthcare Ethics, Theology and Care is not currently accepting applications for September 2020.