Introducing Mass Communications Strategies to Medical Students: A Novel Short Session for Fourth-Year Students.

ABSTRACT:

Problem

The World Health Organization calls on all with quality medical information to share it with the public and combat health misinformation; however, U.S. medical schools do not currently teach students effective communication with lay audiences about health. Most physicians have inadequate training in mass communication strategies.

Approach

In August 2018, a novel 90-minute class at the University of Minnesota Medical School introduced fourth-year medical students to basic skills for communicating with lay audiences through mass media. Instructors were physicians with experience interacting with the general public via radio, op-ed articles, social media, print media, television, and community and legislative advocacy. After a 20-minute lecture and sharing of instructor

SUBMITTER: Krohn KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9170836 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature