76-494 Medical Communications

Units: 9.0 Department: English Prerequisites: 76-270 or 76-271 or 76-379 Cross-listed: 76-794 Related URLs: http://hss.cmu.edu/HTML/departments/engl Prerequisites: 76-270 or 76-271 or 76-379 or instructor permission Medical Communications is designed for all those with an interest in how medical and health care information is constructed and transferred between medical experts, health care providers, educators, researchers, and patients and family members who are often not experts but need a thorough understanding of the information to make important health care decisions. Throughout the course, we will (1) explore the interactions of current theory and practice in medical communication and (2) explore the role of writing in the transfer and adoption of new therapies and promising medical research. We will also study how new technologies such as the World Wide Web and computer-based training alters the way that information is both constructed and distributed. Last, we will read the Pulitzer Prize winning play WIT by Margaret Edsen to discuss the issues related to clinical research and patient care. This course does not provide you with a set of static skills. Rather, you will be expected to put theory to practice. Early in the semester, you will choose a medical area of interest that you will research using sources such as journals, articles, books, web sites and direct contact with appropriate medical, healthcare, and/or research professionals. For your final project, you will write and design one of the following: a journal article, a Web site, a magazine article, a brochure or booklet or a set of training materials. Your final project should fill a specific need in the medical area that you have chosen. In addition to a final project, there are a series of short writing assignments.

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