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Learners develops foundational knowledge of adult learning principles, educational strategies for small and large learner groups, content delivery techniques, and assessment techniques. Learners use this foundational knowledge to develop a small educational activity that will facilitate engagement of the targeted audience in clinical and translational research. This micro-credential prepares participants to be effective educators of groups, including beginning scientists and scholars. The digital badge allows learners to showcase their enhanced teaching skills, which will make them more competitive applicants for future employment opportunities. READ MORE >

Acquire skills for connecting to your chosen stakeholder community. Outline community engagement from initial planning and identifying relevant partners, to making partnerships and effective collaborations, to sustaining relationships. This micro-credential offers experiential learning opportunities and coached practice of community engagement skills, and best practices. Learners will be provided a clear understanding of what community engagement is and what it is not. Common pitfalls experienced by researchers and their teams are presented and strategies to avoid them are provided. Plain language, trust-building, community humility, and building and maintaining relationships are addressed. Assignments will describe successful strategies to engage community collaborators and unsuccessful strategies to avoid. In addition, learners develop a plan to apply community engagement skills to their chosen team. READ MORE >

In this course, learners will explore four modules that cover communication approaches to develop rapport, create shared decision-making, exchange healthcare information for better understanding, and establish successful interactions both face-to-face and via telemedicine. READ MORE >

The skills of listening with curiosity, demonstrating warmth, developing empathy, and supporting patient autonomy are universally applicable across all healthcare roles and are particularly helpful in inpatient settings. Learners will identify strategies for building connections through personal interactions to enhance overall communication. READ MORE >

This course in the Clinician Communication Series provides strategies for creating a connection where patients feel heard, understood, respected, and involved in their care decisions. Learners will be able to apply communication techniques to establish a strong patient-provider relationship and demonstrate effective information-sharing skills. READ MORE >