Tufts Summer Institute on Web Strategies for Health Communication

At the Tufts Summer Institute on Web Strategies for Health Communication, July 17-22, 2011, you will learn the skills and techniques to develop and execute a web and social media strategy for your organization. The Summer Institute mixes lectures by distinguished guest speakers and Tufts School of Medicine faculty with hands-on work in teams to help you learn how to use web and social media technologies to further your organization's goals and meet the needs of healthcare consumers.

At the Tufts Summer Institute on Web Strategies for Health Communication you will learn to:

• Use the web and social media to communicate with and connect to patients.
• Develop a coherent and justifiable web strategy for health communication.
• Select, use, manage, and evaluate the effectiveness of web technologies to create an online presence.
• Accelerate your online presence through the use of social media.
• Employ research-based methodologies such as persona development and formative evaluation.
• Use best practices from leading health organizations.

Web Strategies for Health Communication is offered through the Health Communication Program at Tufts University School of Medicine and meets in the Sackler Building on the Tufts Boston campus.

Develop Your Career With Health Communication

Have you considered a career in medical or health communications? There are several graduate degree programs that may interest you. Here's a description from the Boston University Online Master of Science in Health Communication:

Empowering Health Communicators

Health care is a rapidly growing and ever-evolving field that relies on skilled communications professionals to craft and disseminate messages with clarity and authority on topics that influence public and personal health. From significant contributions in disease prevention, to groundbreaking campaigns in health awareness, and through efforts to improve doctor/ patient relations, Health Communicators are in demand and critical to the facilitation of public awareness and understanding of health care issues. The Boston University Online Master of Science in Health Communication program is designed to shape progressive Health Communicators, equipping them with the tools needed to effectively impact public and personal health literacy.

You can learn more about the BU program here:
http://healthcommunication.bu.edu/

Tufts University also has an MS in Health Communications and you can learn about their program here:
http://www.tufts.edu/med/education/phpd/mshealthcomm/

Emerson College has a Master of Arts (instead of Master of Science) in Health Communications. Learn about their program here:
http://www.emerson.edu/admission/graduate/academics/hc.cfm

Online Master of Science in Health Communication

Boston University (BU) offers an Online Master of Science in Health Communication. For those of you who are considering a career transition into medical communications, you may want to look into this relatively new degree program. I miss my days in Boston. It's such a wonderful city for a college student. However, if you don't live in Boston, you can still get educated by some of the great colleges in New England. Boston University is an internationally respected university with a reputation for excellence and extensive research and ranks among the Top 100 National Universities according to U.S. News & World Report college rankings. Boston University is regionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC).

Master of Science in Health Communication

Interested in health communications? Medical writing?

Well, two major schools in the Boston area are offering a Master of Science in Health Communication

Tufts and Boston University

The program at BU is an online multidisciplinary program consisting of 10 courses. The program at Tufts is offered by Tufts University Medical School in collaboration with Emerson College.