The Health Care Humanities educational pathway has been offered since September 2022 and is open to all students who have completed a Bachelor’s programme either at Radboud University or another university. In this educational pathway, students from different faculties learn to look at health care in the Netherlands from different perspectives, and to discuss improvements.
The academic disciplines of history, anthropology/sociology, language & communication/art, theology/religion studies and philosophy/ethics play a central role. This means that you will gain a broad orientation to the scientific knowledge and research surrounding this important field. Taking a qualified critical approach that complements any existing Master’s programme, you can then go on to work in health care or those areas that are linked to the health care sector.
What is Health Care Humanities?
Health Care Humanities is an interdisciplinary field of study. It combines knowledge and insights from the medical and biomedical sciences with those from the humanities. This includes ethics, communication, philosophy, religion, art and history. This gives you a better understanding of issues and experiences surrounding illness, health, ability/disability, physicality, identity and diversity in the context of the health care sector. On this basis, we can discover new solutions and broader opportunities for collaboration.