Serving with Sensitivity: Understanding Different Religions in Healthcare

Transform your healthcare chaplaincy with comprehensive interfaith training.

This 10+ hour online course equips individuals with essential knowledge and practical skills to provide compassionate, culturally sensitive pastoral care to patients from diverse religious backgrounds. Through expert video instruction, real-world interviews with experts, and assessments, you'll master how to navigate health crises and end-of-life situations across Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Traditional African Religions, and New Religious Movements.

What You'll Learn:

• Core beliefs, sacred texts, and practices of major world religions
• How different faiths understand illness, healing, and death
• Practical protocols: When to call a rabbi vs. imam, respecting burial timeframes, navigating gender boundaries
• Cultural competencies for South African healthcare contexts, including religious syncretism

Course Includes:

• 5+ hours of video lectures from scholars and chaplains
• 20 quizzes (100 questions total) with explanations
  
• Certificate of Completion 

Perfect for: Hospital chaplains, hospice spiritual care providers, seminary students, church leaders, and healthcare professionals seeking cultural competence.

Learn to serve with respect, listen with compassion, and bridge faiths in moments that matter most.

Payment options:

Bursaries and Scholarships:

If you are a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, Calvin Protestant Church or United Reformed Church you can qualify for the Diaconia Bursary. If not,  you can apply for the John Templeton Foundation Scholarship.

100% Online | Self-Paced | 1 Year Access