Medicine — M.D. with Bioethics — M.A.
Program director, Bioethics, School of Religion
Whitny Braun
Program liaison, School of Medicine
Amy Hayton
Faculty
The faculty for the combined degree program in Bioethics with Medicine are drawn from Loma Linda University's School of Religion and School of Medicine.
Admissions
Students are selected through a competitive process led by the School of Medicine in conjunction with the Bioethics Program. Selection is based upon the standard admission criteria for the M.A. degree in bioethics (without the GRE requirement because the MCAT includes a critical-thinking component).
The program
An M.A. degree in bioethics taken as a stand-alone degree requires 48 units in bioethics and related courses. However, the combined M.A./M.D. student is able to reduce the total required units by sharing 12 units between the two programs in the following manner.
| First, Second, & Third Years | ||
Standard M.D. curriculum | ||
| Fourth Year | ||
M.A. Coursework | ||
| Courses in M.D. curriculum shared with M.A. curriculum | ||
| RELR 704 | Orientation to Christian Physician Formation | 2 |
| RELE 708 | Medicine and Ethics | 1 |
| RELE 714 | Advanced Medical Ethics | 2 |
| RELR 774 | Whole-Person Care for Physicians | 1 |
| RELT 716 | God and Human Suffering | 2 |
| or RELT 740 | World Religions and Human Health | |
| MCPF 710 | Christian Physician Formation 1 | 3 |
| Summer Quarter | ||
| RELG 510 | Christian Service | 1 |
| RELE 524 | Bioethics and Society | 3 |
| RELE 545 | Bioethics Case Conference I | 1 |
| Autumn Quarter | ||
| RELE 546 | Bioethics Case Conference II | 1 |
| RELE 554 | Clinical Ethics Practicum I | 3 |
| RELE 588 | Philosophical Ethics | 3 |
| RELE 589 | Biblical Ethics | 3 |
| Winter Quarter | ||
| RELE 548 | Christian Social Ethics | 3 |
| RELE 555 | Clinical Ethics Practicum II | 3 |
| RELE 568 | Bioethics and the Law 2 | 3 |
| or RELE 534 | Ethical Issues in Public Health | |
| RELE 598 | Master's Seminar I 2 | 3 |
| or RELE 534 | Ethical Issues in Public Health | |
| RELE 542 | Bioethics Integration I | 1 |
| Spring Quarter | ||
| RELE 556 | Clinical Practicum III | 3 |
| RELE 565 | Aesthetics and Ethics 2 | 3 |
| or RELE 567 | World Religions and Bioethics | |
| RELE 599 | Master's Seminar II 2 | 3 |
| or RELE 567 | World Religions and Bioethics | |
| RELE 543 | Bioethics Integration II | 1 |
| Total Units | 49 | |
