Event
CANCELLED - Career Development Seminar Series: Cutting Through the Noise: Communicating Scientific and Medical Information to the General Public and Media
We had to cancel the seminar as the speaker is a County doctor and is overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients at the County hospital. We apologize for the inconvenience and ask for your understanding during this time. We will reschedule when we can. Thank you.
Event Details
This seminar describes challenges to communicating scientific and medical information to the general public and media, the distinction between individual and population perspectives in communicating health information, general strategies for more effective communications, and special considerations for medical and other health researchers.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this seminar you should be able to
- Describe three challenges to communicating scientific and medical information to the general public and media
- Describe three strategies for overcoming these challenges Provide three examples of message framing that incorporates a population health perspective
Speaker
Paul Simon, MD, MPH
Chief Science Officer
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Contact Information
Workforce Development - wd@sc-ctsi.org