Healthcare Ministry

Hours

3.0 Credit, 2.5 Lecture, 0 Lab

Exploration of healthcare ministry in hospital and hospice settings. Examines standards of ministry care, theological grounding for the same, and core and developing skills in healthcare ministry. Examination of the infrastructure of care settings in hospital and hospice environs. Exploration of spiritual and pastoral care with special populations (i.e. native traditions, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Indian).

Pastoral Identity

Articulate their own theological grounding and pastoral identity in a healthcare setting.

Core Skills

Demonstrate core skills in healthcare and hospice spiritual care.

Pastoral Care Plan

Effectively create a spiritual/pastoral care plan for someone not of your faith.

Special populations

Provide spiritual and pastoral care with special populations (Pediatrics, Oncology, etc.)