Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

IHS 3010 - Spirituality in Healthcare


This course focuses on the connection between spirituality, healing, health sciences and culturally competent health practices. Spirituality is explored from the perspective of a mindful society and from cultural worldwide frameworks.

Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Diversity and Practice
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2CP
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to describe spiritual and religious viewpoints as they pertain to culturally competent health care practices.
  • Students will be able to idenitfy how their own cultural biases may influence how they interpret and address spirituality in a health care setting.
  • Students will be able to evaluate alternative perspectives in relation to spirituality in a health care setting.
  • Students will be able to explain how culture may influence spirituality in health care.
  • Students will be able to compare spiritual and religious viewpoints as they pertain to health care practices.


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