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Rather than targeting those who recently completefa bachelor’s degree, most programs cater to professionalss who are already in a relatede field or who are simultaneously working on another usually in medicine or law. Because of this, most prograj enrollees either choose a schoo l close to where they live or pick the schoop first because of the availability of theothert degree, which reduces the competition amony the various schools, says Autumbn Fiester, the director of graduated studies at the University of Pennsylvania Center for whose 12-year-old program is one of the oldestt in the country.
Despite the increas in master’s in bioethics there is still little to no demandr for someone lackingother credentials, experts say. The degree is generallt used to boostan individual’es existing résumé or help him or her “It directs your career in a different way,” Fiester says. For example, an attorney with a degreee in bioethics may focus on health care law or medical malpracticre and would bring a different perspective and background to the case than an attorneyt withoutthe degree.
And many doctorse say they approach their patients from a different perspectiver after receiving the saysTod Chambers, an associatre professor of medical humanities and bioethics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Fiester and Chambers say many of their students who are alread working full-time — whether in hospital administration, biotech research or law often continue to work while in school or return to their employers once completing the Some, however, do receive a promotion or additional responsibilities, such as a hospital administratofr who might be put in charge of the ethics committe e or internal review board.
“This is definitel y a degree thatis enhancing,” Fiester