Effective communication is a core skill that nearly every health professional will need and use during their careers. Yet, few health professionals receive even basic training in how to design communications to be clear and successful. As 鈥渇oundational skills,鈥� the content in this course can be applied to both oral and written communication, within and beyond health. Learners will develop the skills to: analyze and tailor a communication effort for different audiences, develop clear messages, create logical and compelling stories, understand and apply important considerations with language as well as nonverbal communication. This course is valuable and appropriate for both beginning and experienced health professionals who need to communicate effectively with other professionals, patients, policymakers, or the broader public.. Content is relevant to public health professionals, clinicians of all types (medical, nursing, dentists, social work, etc.), health advocates, and scientists and researchers in any health domain..
Audience and Goals
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Skills You'll Learn
Tailoring communications, Storytelling, Health Communication, Communication, Messaging
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4.7 (122 ratings)
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KV
Jun 19, 2021
thank you very much for this skills gain course,this course is very helpful to increase my communicating skills.a lot of thanks to instructer and team coursera.thank you very much.
MB
Feb 6, 2023
Excellent course and excellent instructor. What I learned in this class will remain with me and will be considered every time I write anything!
From the lesson
Week 1
In Week 1, we will consider how knowing your audience and your specific goals are the critical first steps to designing effective communications.
Taught By
Brian Zikmund-Fisher
Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, Research Associate Professor of Internal Medicine