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Bioethics and Humanities Education
Undergraduate Internships in Bioethics
Offered by universities, colleges, and organizations in the US and abroad as of November 2007:
Masters and Other Academic Centers & Programs
ACP-ASIM (American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine)
http://www.acponline.org/ethics/index.html
Center for Ethics and Professionalism
Alden March Bioethics Institute (AMBI)
Albany Medical College
http://www.amc.edu/Academic/bioethics
AMBI has offered courses toward an interdisciplinary master of science in bioethics online (30 graduate hours credit required) since 2006. The program provides mid-career professionals and highly motivated post-baccalaureate students with an opportunity to supplement their current educational or career training with cutting-edge, innovative, and challenging coursework in bioethics, healthcare law, and health policy. For those interested in a clinical focus within the master's program or as independent course of graduate study, a certificate of clinical ethics series (12 graduate hours credit required) is available. The certificate in clinical ethics program includes a nine-day intensive onsite capstone which features mock ethics consultation experiences with actors portraying standardized patients in paradigm case scenarios.
Baylor College of Medicine
http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/ethics/
Center for Ethics, Medicine and Public Issues
Bioethics Institute of Loyola Marymount University
http://www.lmu.edu/bioethics
A distinctive program of studies leading to the Master of Arts degree
Boston University
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Departments/HomeMain.asp?DepartmentID=95
Department of Health Law
Case Western Reserve University
http://www.cwru.edu/med/bioethics/bioethics.htm
The Department of Bioethics
Center to Advance Palliative Care
http://www.capc.org/
The Center for Ethics at Emory University
http://www.ethics.emory.edu/
The Center for Ethics exists to enrich moral imagination, to deepen knowledge of ethics, and to encourage lives of moral meaning and ethical practice. The Center for Ethics is committed to being a national leader, recognized for excellence in ethical research, education and outreach.
The Center for Genetics and Society
http://www.genetics-and-society.org/
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
http://www4.clevelandclinic.org/education/bioethic/
Department of Bioethics
College of St. Catherine
http://www.stkate.edu/mnethx
Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics (Fairview Health System; HealthEast Care System; and the College of St. Catherine with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet)
Columbia University
http://www.bioethicscolumbia.org/
Center for Bioethics
Creighton University
http://chpe.creighton.edu/
Center for Health Policy and Ethics
Duke University
http://csmeh.mc.duke.edu/
Center for the Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities
Duke University Medical Center
http://csmeh.mc.duke.edu/
Center for the Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities
Duquesne University
http://www.liberalarts.duq.edu/
Health Care Ethics Center
European Master in Bioethics
http://www.masterbioethics.org/
Two-year masters program in bioethics from a European perspective. Co-operation of the universities of Nijmegen (The Netherlands), Basle (Switzerland), Louvain (Belgium), Padova (Italy) as well as the institutes for applied ethics and medical ethics of these universities. The next programme period starts in 2004, applications due 1 november 2003. Please contact Norbert Steinkamp, MA (n.steinkamp@efg.kun.nl) or Pascal Borry, MA (Pascal. Borry@med.kuleuven.ac.be)
Fordham University Center for Ethics Education
MA in Ethics and Society
www.fordham.edu/ethicsandsociety
This program provides students with a cross-disciplinary foundation in the application of moral and ethical theory to social issues and questions. The purpose of the program is to enhance the broad intellectual background and ethical decision-making abilities of students and prepare them (1) as producers and users of ethics scholarship who find new means of understanding and enhancing the dignity of persons across philosophical, cultural, and religious differences; (2) as citizens, practitioners and policy leaders who can contribute to ethical discourse and rightly reasoned solutions to social problems; and (3) for career advancement in non-profit and professional sectors focused on serving the public good.
George Washington University
http://www.gwu.edu/~cicd/
Center to Improve Care of the Dying
Georgetown University
http://www.georgetown.edu/research/kie/
Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Georgetown University
http://clinicalbioethics.georgetown.edu/
Center for Clinical Bioethics
Harvard University
http://peh.harvard.edu/
Program in Ethics and Health
Hiram College's Center for Literature, Medicine, and Biomedical Humanities
http://www.hiram.edu/excellence/litmed.html
HUMGEN
http://www.humgen.umontreal.ca/
A website that gives policy-makers and lay people alike access to a comprehensive international database on the legal, social and ethical aspects of human genetics.
Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~poynter/index.html
Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions
Indiana University Center for Bioethics
http://www.bioethics.iu.edu/
Indiana University School of Law
http://www.iulaw.indy.indiana.edu/Programs/CLH/law_health.htm
Center for Law and Health
Indiana University School of Liberal Arts
http://www.iupui.edu/~philosop/ma.htm
Philosophy Program with Concentration in Bioethics
International Network for Life Studies
http://www.lifestudies.org/
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
http://ieet.org/
Promoting the ethical use of technology to expand human capacities.
Institute for Ethics at the AMA
http://www.ama-assn.org/go/ethicsinstitute
The Institute for Ethics at the American Medical Association.
Loma Linda University
http://bioethics.llu.edu/
Center for Christian Bioethics
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Health Policy
Online MA Program in Bioethics & Health Policy
http://bioethics.lumc.edu/
This program is available entirely online but has optional on-campus, short course components. It is operated by the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Health Policy at Loyola's Stritch School of Medicine but also features faculty from other departments of the university and instructors drawn form other universities around the United States. This website also contains resources related to the teaching of professionalism and cultural competence, and ethical issues related to disability.
McGill University
http://www.mcgill.ca/bioethics/
Graduate Program in Bioethics
Medical College of Wisconsin
http://www.mcw.edu/bioethics
The Center for the Study of Bioethics is a nationally recognized innovator and leader in bioethics education. The Center's educational offerings include a traditional Master of Arts in Bioethics program; an 'executive-style' online Master of Arts program; an online Certificate Program in Clinical Bioethics; an online Fellowship Program in Physician Ethics and Professionalism offered in conjunction with the American Medical Association; and an online Certificate Program in Research Ethics. The Center's website contains information on all the programs listed above, as well as information on upcoming events and resources from the Medical Ethics Committee Network (MECN).
Medical University of South Carolina
http://www.values.musc.edu/
Institute of Human Values in Health Care
Michigan State University
Master of Arts in Bioethics, Humanities, and Society
http://bhs.msu.edu/programdes.php
Collaboratively sponsored by the Colleges of Human Medicine, Arts and Letters, and Social Science
Michigan State University
http://www.bioethics.msu.edu/
Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
http://www.bioethics.northwestern.edu/
Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program
MA in Medical Humanities and Bioethics
New York Medical College
http://www.nymc.edu/bioethics/
Bioethics Institute
New York University Center for Bioethics
http://bioethics.as.nyu.edu/
The program promotes a broad conception of Bioethics encompassing both medical and environmental ethics through conferences, workshops, public lectures, and graduate courses. Based in Arts and Science, it draws as well on faculty affiliates and programs in the schools of Medicine, Law, Education, and Public Service. A major focus of the Bioethics Program is the Master of Arts degree program, Bioethics: Life, Health, and Environment. It welcomes students at different stages of their education or careers.
NYU Medical Humanities Syllabi
http://medhum.med.nyu.edu/
NYU Med-Lit maintains a number of medical humanities syllabi
Ohio University
http://www.ohiou.edu/ethics/
Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics
Oklahoma Bioethics Center and Reference Library
http://tulsa.ou.edu/medicine/bioethics.htm
Oregon Health Sciences University
http://www.ohsu.edu/ethics/
Center for Ethics in Health Care
Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/bioethics/
Princeton University
http://www.princeton.edu/~bioethic/
Student Bioethics Forum
RCPSC Bioethics curricula
http://rcpsc.medical.org/ethics/index.php
The Royal College requires residency programs to include bioethics as a condition of accreditation. Resources that facilitate the attainment of this goal are the Bioethics Teaching Project, the Pediatric Ethics Network project (PedEthNet), and the Ian Anderson Continuing Education Program in End-of-Life Care. These are meant to assist residents and teachers.
Saint Louis University
Department of Health Care Ethics
http://chce.slu.edu
The Department of Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University offers a PhD in Health Care Ethics and a Certificate in Clinical Health Care Ethics. PhD students may elect to complete a certificate in empirical bioethics research.
Santa Clara University
http://www.scu.edu/Ethics
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington
http://bioethics.seattlechildrens.org/
Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics
Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/dept/scbe/
The Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE) embraces challenges in biomedical ethics, focusing on the application of ethical reasoning to moral problems in the practice of medicine and science.
SUNY Stony Brook
http://www.uhmc.sunysb.edu/prevmed/mns/
Division of Medicine in Society
SUNY Upstate Medical University
http://www.upstate.edu/cbh/
Center for Bioethics and Humanities
Trinity International University
http://www.tiu.edu/tiu/bioethics
Masters degree in bioethics, which equips people to understand Christian and other influential contemporary perspectives on bioethics. Can be completed without relocating to Chicago. Globally-active Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity headquartered on campus. Half-tuition and full-tuition "Brown Scholarships" available.
UC Davis Health System
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/bioethics/
UCDHS Bioethics Program
Union Graduate College
Online MA program
http://www.bioethics.union.edu/
University of Buffalo
http://wings.buffalo.edu/faculty/research/bioethics/
Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
University of British Columbia
http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/
Centre for Applied Ethics
University of Central Lancashire
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/ethics/brochure.htm
Centre for Professional Ethics
University of Connecticut
http://www.commed.uchc.edu/medicalhumanities
Division of Medical Humanities, Health Law, and Ethics
University of Louisville
http://louisville.edu/bioethicsma
The Interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the University of Louisville is a professional degree intended to provide graduates with an enriched ethical knowledge base, preparing them to work in clinical or hospital settings, and to undertake scholarly research or teach in the field of bioethics and medical humanities. The program will enhance graduates' contextual experience within their primary professional field (such as law, medicine, and nursing).
University of Minnesota
http://www.med.umn.edu/bioethics/
Center for Bioethics
University of Montreal
www.bioethique.umontreal/en/
Bioethics Programmes
University of Pennsylvania
http://www.med.upenn.edu/mbe/index.shtml
The UPenn Master of Bioethics (MBE) is an interdisciplinary degree offered by the Department of Medical Ethics, in conjunction with the Penn Center for Bioethics. The MBE degree program gives students broad exposure to the full range of topics and issues in contemporary bioethics. The program admits highly accomplished professionals who work in the bioethics-related fields of medicine, nursing, law, dentistry, social work, genetic counseling, regulatory affairs, public policy, veterinary medicine, and industry, as well as outstanding students in other professional degree programs at the University of Pennsylvania.
The UPenn Master of Bioethics program takes a threefold approach to bioethics training that combines excellent academic instruction, a worldwide network of alumni, and hands-on research and consulting opportunities that build on the classroom experience.
University of Pittsburgh
Consortium Ethics Program
http://www.pitt.edu/~cep/
The Consortium Ethics Program (CEP) is a regional bioethics education network, funded by its member institutions and co-sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, and the University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law.
University of Pittsburgh
MA in Bioethics
http://www.pitt.edu/~bioethic
This interdisciplinary program-designed for clinicians, lawyers, and students of the humanities and social sciences-combines clinical practica, in-depth research, and seminars in bioethical issues, ethical theory, philosophy and history of medicine, health law, public health, and the social sciences. Joint programs with schools of law and medicine permit students to pursue the MA with the JD or MD in less time than would be required to pursue the degrees separately.
University of South Florida
http://www.hsc.usf.edu/medicine/internalmedicine/bioethics/index.htm
Masters Program in Medical Humanities and Bioethics
University of Tennessee Knoxville
http://web.utk.edu/~philosop/
Graduate Program in Philosophy with a concentration in Medical Ethics
University of Texas Medical Branch
http://www2.utmb.edu/imh/
Institute for Medical Humanities
University of Toronto
The Ethics OSCE: Standardized Patient Scenarios for Teaching and Evaluating Bioethics
http://wings.buffalo.edu/faculty/research/bioethics/osce.html
Peter Singer and Anja Robb designed 14 standardized patient scenarios for teaching and evaluating bioethics. It is part of the Ethics OSCE Project of the University of Toronto.
University of Toronto
http://www.utoronto.ca/jcb/
Joint Centre for Bioethics
University of Utah
Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities
http://medicine.utah.edu/internalmedicine/medicalethics/
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/bioehums/
Our mission is to advance education, research, and service concerning ethics and humanities in health care.
University of Washington
MA in Bioethics Program
http://depts.washington.edu/bhdept/acapro/mabio.html
The program provides students with the foundational knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to develop core competencies in bioethics. The program offers training in empirical, normative, research, and clinical aspects of bioethics, with opportunities for more in-depth focus on one of these areas through elective course work, and prepares students for future careers involving bioethics research and teaching.
Vanderbilt University
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/ethics
Center for Clinical and Research Ethics
Virtual Mentor
http://www.virtualmentor.org/
Geared toward medical students and residents.
Wake Forest University
Master of Arts in Bioethics
http://www.wfu.edu/bioethics
The interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Bioethics at Wake Forest University is geared to students and professionals with a diversity of academic and employment experience in biomedical research, clinical medicine, and health policy. The MA in Bioethics program takes advantage of Wake Forest's unique attributes and strengths to focus on social justice, biotechnology, and clinical and research ethics.
Weill Cornell Medical College
http://www.med.cornell.edu/public.health/ethics/index.html
Division of Medical Ethics
West Virginia University
http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/chel/
Center for Health Ethics and Law
Master's Program in Bioethics
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