 The purpose of this LCU program is to produce professionals who can
think and live critically, compassionately and apply a Christian
worldview in the diverse contexts that intersect with bioethical
issues. The program will provide students with the foundational
orientation, skills and clinical experiences that are critical to
the development of core competencies in bioethics.
This graduate-level program was created to address the needs of
three types of students. The first group is health care
professionals such as physicians, advance practice nurses, parish
nurses, paramedical personnel, medical school students in residence,
nurse educators and hospital administrators. Another group includes
pastors, church staff members, chaplains and counselors. The third
group encompasses individuals whose professions and disciplines are
related to bioethics, such as pharmaceutical representatives,
hospital legal counsels and students with majors in fields such as
theology, philosophy, sociology and political science.
LCU has assembled a first-class team of experts in medical
ethics, theology, philosophy, bioethics law and pastoral care as the
faculty for this program. Students will learn from teachers such as
Dr. C. Christopher Hook, associate professor of medicine at the Mayo
Clinic College of Medicine; Dr. Lisa Anderson-Shaw, director of
Clinical Ethics Consult Service at University of Illinois Medical
Center, Chicago; Dr. Michael Sleasman, managing director and
research scholar at the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity; and
Birgitta N. Sujdak Mackiewicz, director of ethics at OSF Saint
Francis Medical Center. The program director is Dr. Robert Kurka,
LCU Seminary professor of theology and church in culture.
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This is an 11-course program offered through LCU's Hargrove
School of Adult & Graduate Studies. It is designed for students to
take two or three courses per term in order to finish the degree in
two to three years. Most courses last seven weeks, with class
sessions every other Saturday at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria.
Between class sessions, there will be online activities and
requirements.
For more information on the program and its faculty, contact
Kurka at
rkurka@lincolnchristian.edu or 1-888-522-5228. You can also
learn more at www.lincolnchristian.edu/Hargrove.
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Lincoln Christian
University was founded in Lincoln in 1944 and is accredited by
the Higher Learning Commission: A
Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
and the Commission on Accreditation
of the Association for Biblical Higher Education. The
university's three schools -- the Seminary , the School of
Undergraduate Studies and the School of Adult and Graduate Studies
-- share a mission to nurture and equip Christians with a biblical
worldview to serve and lead in the church and the world.
[Text from file received from
Lincoln Christian University]
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