Preparing the Christian Health Professional

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce students to a Christian perspective of careers in the health care sciences. Speakers from different disciplines will briefly and informally share information about themselves, including their faith and professional experiences. Students will reflect on what they learn from each speaker and how that applies to their own journeys. Emphasis will be placed on the Christian health care professional's role as a "world-changer" by reconciling a Christian worldview with the requirements, demands, and dilemmas encountered in health professions schools and in the practice of health care. For the purposes of this course a "health care professional" is defined as a person engaged in any of the following: athletic training, chiropractic medicine, dentistry, medicine (MD allopathic, DO osteopathic, or DPM podiatric), occupational therapy, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assisting, public health, speech pathology/audiology, or veterinary medicine. Students will use online self-assessment tools to stimulate their thinking about health career choices. Students will participate in three hours of on-the-job shadowing and reflect on the experience. In addition, each student will schedule a mock interview with the IWU Pre-Health Care Sciences Program Committee. This course is not intended for nursing majors and does not fulfill any of the General Education requirements of the institution.