从以下3个选项中任选其一:
2050年:世界宗教
3学分
在一个联系日益紧密的世界里, 尤其是在美国宗教多元化的背景下, 重要的是,医疗专业人员要熟悉来自不同宗教传统的人们的信仰和实践,这些宗教传统构成了美国的景观. 本课程检视世界的宗教传统和, 特别是, 他们将人概念化的方式, 健康, 和治疗. Study of world religions can offer important and challenging insights into Western medicine. 在课程结束的时候, 学生将能够展示基本概念的知识, 信仰, and 实践s of a variety of religious traditions; analyze primary sources drawn from religious traditions, 比如神圣的文本, 图片, 道德和饮食规范, 第一人称的账户, and the like; make comparisons between religious traditions based on evidence from primary sources; and use a variety of tools (online databases, 期刊, books, 报纸, 网站)开发和研究有关特定宗教传统和医疗保健问题之间联系的问题. Because one of the aims of the College is to prepare 健康 professionals for 循证实践, 本课程将加强研究技能.
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2070年:基督教
3学分
基督教主要关注的是生命, 教学, 拿撒勒人耶稣的历史背景. This course also investigates the development of the New Testament and the subsequent development of the Christian faith, 包括早期基督教时期, 中世纪, 宗教改革, 和基督教在新世界的地位. 东方和西方教会和新教传统的审查. 成功完成课程后, students will be able to describe the important religious and political themes at the time of Jesus, 找出公元59年基督教故事中的重要历史人物, and comprehend the different elements which led to the development of the Christian faith with在 Roman Empire. 批判性思维技能和循证实践的介绍和加强.
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2090年:人类生命周期中的死亡
3学分
This course is a critical academic exploration of issues surrounding the human experience of death. The course examines the topic of death through information gathered from the medical, 心理, 社会/文化, 神学, 以及视觉艺术视角. These diverse approaches to the dying process will be analyzed as they pertain to what happens 在 lives of patients, 他们的家人和朋友, 那些陪伴病人的人, 以及医疗保健提供者. 有关死亡和临终主题的时事和材料将构成课堂讨论和思考的基础. 作为神学课程, 对死亡过程的分析将置于天主教强调人的内在尊严的框架内. Special attention will be paid to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care 服务, 第五版, 为了探索人类尊严在当代环境中繁荣和衰落的方式,因为它涉及到生命的终结问题. 成功完成本课程后, students will be afforded the opportunity to identify relevant concerns about the end of human life through informed personal reflection; develop and articulate an informed approach to death and dying as they impact 健康care delivery; and describe and evaluate the Roman Catholic Church’s moral stance on end-of-life issues.