COMMUNICATING SCIENCE FOR MEDICAL SCIENTISTS

Catalog description

The course is aimed at developing in medical scientists the competency to communicate the science of health, both orally and in writing. It emphasizes effective communication strategies for mass audiences, as well as those for specialized audiences. It inc ludes the main strategies such as peer-reviewed scientific research, in which scientists communicate research results in closed or open access sources. Other strategies such as presentations to open audiences as well as news reports to the general public is demonstrated.