Healthcare and Medical Humanities

Are you interested in a career that will allow you to help your community? Are you looking for an interdisciplinary and affordable healthcare and medical humanities degree in Pennsylvania? Wilson College offers the degree you need!

Our Bachelor of Arts degree in healthcare and medical humanities combines practical knowledge with ethical values, offering a more contemporary and holistic approach to care. The program will prepare you to work in settings ranging from social work to pharmaceutical sales, as you'll

• Gain a foundation in sciences and liberal arts.
• Focus on either the clinical or nonclinical side of medicine.
• Learn the skills of compassion, observation, communication, and diagnosis.

Highlights 

The healthcare and medical humanities program involves the humanistic study of social, ethical, and spiritual questions of health, illness, and caregiving. Our program takes a comprehensive approach:

• Interdisciplinary: Hone your ability to perceive, observe, interpret, and form perspectives.
• Collaborative: Work alongside students in in-person or online classes where your opinion matters. 
• Supportive: Contact faculty through office hours, email, Panopto recordings, and group and one-on-one Canvas discussions.
• Focused: Learn how to foster a strong patient-provider relationship in focused classes.
• Practical: Gain practical knowledge and skills to help you understand and get inside the experiences of others.
• Customizable: Choose your electives to create a program that meets your needs and goals. 

Why Study Healthcare and Medical Humanities?

Our healthcare and medical humanities degree is available as both a major and a minor. This program provides a firm foundation for the ideas and practices that humanize healthcare and medicine.

You'll learn to:

• Engage with various departments, think critically, and communicate effectively about factors influencing healthcare. 
• Restore and maintain physical, mental, and emotional well-being. 
• Provide compassionate care and a holistic approach.

Core classes: 

• Interpersonal Communication
• Global Health
• Narrative Medicine
• Bioethics or Healthcare Ethics
• Introduction to Psychology or Introduction to Sociology
• Death and Dying
• Healthcare and Medical Humanities Service Project

Choose from electives that fulfill one course in: 

• Ethical Thinking
• Close Reading
• Visual Analysis
• Human Problems, Experiences, and Perspectives
• Executing/Embodying Perspectives

Career Paths 

A healthcare and medical humanities degree will prepare you for a meaningful profession. Whether you immediately enter the workforce or pursue a graduate program, the faculty at Wilson College will prepare you to succeed.

Because of the healthcare and medical humanities field's versatility, graduates have many career paths to choose from. Interested in the clinical side of medicine? You'll be prepared to go on to medical or nursing programs or advanced study in allied health fields such as: 

• Social work
• Mental health
• Speech Pathology
• Audiology

Students who prefer nonclinical careers can choose to work in a wide range of areas, including: 

• Health administration
• Patient advocacy
• Public health or community health
• Medical or pharmaceutical sales
• Health education

Start Preparing for Your Future Today

If you're searching for an engaging, versatile, and affordable healthcare and medical humanities program in Pennsylvania, Wilson College has you covered. With rolling admissions and financial aid and scholarships available to 98% of our students, getting started and affording your education is within reach. 

Schedule a visit or start the application process today.

Looking for an online option? Consider pursuing the online bachelors in healthcare humanities.