Health and Science Communication Classes

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Clear & Effective Scientific Presentations

Health and Science Communication

In this session, you will gain insight into planning, preparing, and delivering well-structured talks that will engage your audience. Harness the power of presentation design aspects, such as slide color, contrast, and animations, to enhance your message. You’ll also learn how to navigate Q&As successfully and discover graphical support resources available to the WashU community.

Clear Communication for Clearer Consent

Health and Science Communication

Learn the basics of health literacy and best practices for addressing health literacy concerns in the informed consent process. The session will also cover incorporating plain language principles into the consent process, effective use of teach-back, and other best practices for communication.

Less is More: Crafting & Delivering Compelling Messages

Health and Science Communication

As a scientist, you are highly knowledgeable in your area of expertise, and writing a scholarly paper or presenting your latest findings is usually easy. But explaining what you do outside your professional circle may be difficult, especially if you have limited time. In this workshop, you will learn and practice distilling your message to  [Read more]

The Power of Plain Language

Health and Science Communication

As an expert in your field, you understand how difficult it can be to simplify highly specialized information. In this session, you will learn how to strengthen your writing using plain language principles and strategies for making your message accurate, accessible and actionable. We’ll also look at examples of plain language and provide resources to  [Read more]