Anyone working in a health care setting can learn more about how religions and belief systems can affect a healing or dying patient by taking a two-course series being offered by the continuing education division at Wor-Wic Community College on the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road in Salisbury.

“Religion, Faith and Spirituality – Their Influence in Healing and Dying: Part I” will cover major world religions and belief systems and how they can affect a patient facing physical healing or death in a health care setting. The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 30 through May 23, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

“Religion, Faith and Spirituality – Their Influence in Healing and Dying: Part II” will cover techniques for honoring a patient’s spirituality in combination with providing treatment for physical issues and the effects of spirituality and faith on a patient’s healing or preparation for death. The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 4-27, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Religions and belief systems covered in both courses include Agnosticism, Atheism, Buddhism, Christianity, Druidism, Hinduism, Islam, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Judaism, Mormonism, Pagan, Scientology, Unitarian Universalism, Voodoo and Wiccan.

Visit www.worwic.edu to register online. For more information, call (410) 334-2815.