Graduate Certificate in Health Ethics
The Health Ethics Certificate program is ideal for both students and working professionals such as physicians, nurses, healthcare administrators, and those serving on hospital ethics committees or considering such health ethics issues in their daily employment. The certificate program will help the learner develop an understanding of the ethical issues related to health and healthcare and will foster skill in analyzing and resolving ethical problems and conflicts in the healthcare environment.
The Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology (BBME) Departments offers the Graduate Certificate in Health Ethics in partnership with the MU Center for Health Ethics. The Certificate may be completed entirely online or through articulation with residential Graduate and professional coursework.
Requirements
There are multiple educational offerings that may result in certificate acquisition. Student must complete the two required courses (6 hours) and a minimum of 6 hours from the electives below. Additional electives may be considered on a case-by-case basis, with the permission of the certificate coordinator.
| Required Courses | ||
| BBME 7564 | Health Ethics Theory | 3 |
| BBME 8565 | Health Care Ethics | 3 |
| Elective Course Options | ||
| BBME 7566 | Health Informatics Ethics | 3 |
| BBME 7567 | Health Organizational Ethics | 3 |
| BBME 8515 | Problems in Medical Ethics and Clinical Ethics Consultation Practicum | 5 |
| BBME 8485 | Problems in Biomedical Informatics | 1-6 |
| HLTH_ADM 8574 | Health Care Law | 3 |
| HLTH_ADM 8575 | Health Policy and Politics | 3 |
Further Information
Center for Health Ethics: https://medicine.missouri.edu/centers-institutes-labs/health-ethics
Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology and Application requirements: https://medicine.missouri.edu/departments/biomedical-informatics-biostatistics-medical-epidemiology/graduate-degrees-programs#admission
Application/Admissions Contact: https://medicine.missouri.edu/departments/biomedical-informatics-biostatistics-medical-epidemiology/graduate-degrees-programs/graduate-certificate-in-health-ethics