S&D Elective: Improving Scientific Communication and Addressing Misinformation
2022-2023 academic year
MEDC
30119 |
50 units
Course Type: Elective - Non-clinical
Director: Sunderrajan, Aashna
Primary Instructor: Serritella, Sara serritella@uchicago.edu
Aashna Sunderrajan 0 asunderrajan@bsd.uchicago.edu
Contact: Sara Serritella 0 sserritella1@bsd.uchicago.edu
Campus: UCMC
Location on first day: BSL346
Included in Lottery: No
Included in MedReg: No
Course can be dropped: No
Visiting Students: No
Last reviewed: 3/13/2023
Overview
The pandemic has exposed the need for better scientific communication among physicians and scientists to address misinformation and myth. This is a critical skill for future physicians and scientists. Using principles from scientific communication and based on a existing course taught by Sara Serritella (at Institute for Translational Medicine who will be the co-director of the course) for UChicago undergraduates, we will offer a course for first year medical students to learn to use scientific communication principles to identify and address misinformation.
We will adapt an existing course taught by ITM to teach students how to effectively communicate about COVID and vaccination using principles of effective scientific communication to the public. A syllabus we will use to modify for this course is attached and will be adapted using readings on misinformation and trust.
Objectives
Identify sources of medical misinformation that can affect patients
Use effective communication strategies to address a public health need
Evaluation
Participation
There will be a final presentation related to scientific communication addressing misinformation that will be evaluated
Schedules Offered
This course is offered on a
Quarterly Basis during the following quarters:
Spring Quarter
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Schedule Notes
Enrollment minimum of 8
Course Eligibility and Prerequisites
Max enrollment
20
Eligibility
First Year
Prerequisites