Health Care Ethics, Ph.D. & M.D. Dual Degree

Saint Louis University – Globally Recruit

The Ph.D. in Health Care Ethics and M.D. dual degree program at Saint Louis University trains physicians who not only want to more conscientiously inform their own clinical practice, but also influence their peers and society through their role in institutional, professional and societal policymaking. As the art and science of medicine become increasingly advanced, new technologies and crises require hospitals, health care systems, and policymakers to consider the ethical implications of clinical practice, institutional policies, and governmental regulations. Physicians are often at the forefront of these discussions, most especially at the bedside of individual patients under their care. Most hospitals and larger health care systems utilize professionally-trained ethicists or ethics committees to help them navigate such issues. This dual degree program forms future physicians who will also serve as ethics leaders at institutional and extra-institutional levels like state health commissions. Graduates may also pursue academic careers in schools of medicine or directing residency programs.Duration - 5 Years

College of Arts and Sciences