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The online graduate certificate in health ethics from Mizzou is ideal for health care providers, administrators, ethics committee members and other health care professionals seeking advanced education opportunities. If you want to develop practical and clinical competencies in health care ethics, this may be the certificate for you.
For questions, contact Lhakpa Lama, coordinator of student recruitment and admissions, at Ldlpdp@missouri.edu or call 573-884-0698. This program is administered by the Department of Health Management and Informatics.
Quick facts
Official name
Graduate certificate in health ethicsCampus
Program type
Graduate certificateAcademic home
School of Medicine | Department of Health Management and InformaticsDelivery mode
100% onlineAccreditation
Higher Learning CommissionCredit hours
12Estimated cost
$5,412.00*This cost is for illustrative purposes only. Your hours and costs will differ, depending on your transfer hours, your course choices and your academic progress. See more about tuition and financial aid.
Career prospects
This graduate certificate has potential benefits for
- Anesthetists
- Biomedical engineers
- Chiropractors, dentists or optometrists
- Medical or health services managers
- Medical scientists
- Registered nurse or nurse practitioners
Program structure
Delivery of this program is 100 percent online: no campus visits are required.
Courses are semester-based. Students typically take two classes each semester and finish in one year.
Course work includes
- Ethical issues in clinical practice
- How metaethics and normative ethics relate to situations and controversies in health care
- Use and management of health information, including privacy and confidentiality
- Codes of ethics, conflicts of interest and other management issues
Delivery
100% onlineCalendar system
Semester-basedTypical program length
1 yearTypical course load
2 classes per semesterAccreditation
The University of Missouri is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States.