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Streamlined health communication education

The Health Communication Training Series (HCTS) is a contemporary continuing education opportunity for current and aspiring healthcare and health communication professionals. The program consists of engaging, online, and self-paced courses on various topics in health communication. Courses are easy to navigate and include high-quality video lectures, interactive activities, and opportunities to connect with colleagues in the field. Ready to learn with us? Check out our catalog for our available courses.

3,500+

course enrollments

14

available courses

64+

CME/CNE credits awarded

Recently Added Courses

Strategies to Support Team Well-Being

Transform your approach to team well-being with this free course developed in partnership with the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI). Designed to provide real-time tools and frameworks for debriefing stressful situations, this course focuses on promoting well-being and enhancing team performance through practical, systems-based interventions. You'll gain hands-on experience applying communication techniques and planning frameworks to real-world scenarios and be equipped to apply team well-being strategies in routine work, clinical scenarios, and public health crises.

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Dealing with Conflicting Health Information

Explore the complexities of health information with this free course developed in partnership with the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI). Learn to differentiate between misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation, and understand why research can sometimes seem contradictory. Gain insights into human psychology and develop skills to start respectful conversations about confusing health topics. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped to navigate the landscape of health information and engage in meaningful discussions.

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Available courses

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Health Communication with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) Community

Explore health disparities affecting the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) community and discover strategies to enhance communication and improve patient-provider interactions. Gain insights and tools to elevate your professional skills and foster inclusivity in healthcare settings.

Pandemic Preparedness Communication

Equip your organization with essential strategies for effective pandemic communication. This free course covers best practices and robust planning to ensure readiness before, during, and after a pandemic. Enhance your team’s preparedness and resilience in public health emergencies.

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Equity Science, Health Equity, and Big Data

Discover the role of equity science in advancing health equity through effective communication and big data. This course provides insights into inclusive research practices and the impact of big data on health equity, equipping you with the tools to conduct equitable health communication.

Thinking Like a Health Communication Problem Solver

Develop your skills in tackling health communication challenges with this free course, led by CHC Director and Deputy Director. Learn to apply best practices and innovative strategies backed by research to solve real-world issues in health communication and enhance your ability to create effective solutions and improve health outcomes.

Mental Health, Stigma, and Communication

Better your understanding of mental health communication with our free course on Mental Health, Stigma, and Communication. Learn how language impacts stigma and patient-provider relationships and discover strategies to foster thoughtful and inclusive communication in healthcare settings.

Pain, Opioids, and Hard Conversations

Navigate the complexities of discussing pain and opioids with confidence through this specialized course. Gain insights into effective communication strategies, adopt practical language examples, and understand the nuances of quick, yet compassionate, clinical conversations. Develop robust approaches to achieve pain management goals while maintaining strong patient-provider relationships.

Visual Design in Health Communication

Enhance your health campaigns with our course on the power of visuals in communication. Learn to make impactful design choices, select the right visuals, and evaluate their effectiveness for optimum audience engagement. Apply these skills to your projects and see how the right visuals can drive behavior change and improve communication outcomes.

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Disparities, Health Equity, and Health Communication

Explore how health communication can address health disparities and promote equity. Learn to design culturally sensitive health messages and improve patient-provider communication to enhance healthcare outcomes for communities of color. Ideal for public health professionals and healthcare providers, this course equips you with strategies to tackle health and racial disparities.

Emotions in Health Communication

Discover how emotions influence health communication, learn key emotion frameworks, and explore research on how emotions affect health information processing. Gain practical insights for designing effective, emotion-based health messages.

Health Literacy and Clear Health Communication

Understanding, assessing, and accommodating levels of health literacy is crucial to improving patient communication, health outcomes, and self-efficacy. Learn best practicies for clear health communication that can help you effectively reach audiences of all levels of health literacy.

Patient-Provider Communication

Effective patient-provider communication can improve health outcomes and reduce provider burnout. This course explores communication strategies between patients and healthcare providers, evidence-based best practices for patient-centered communication, and the complexities that may arise in healthcare interactions.

Audience-Centered Message Design

Unlock the power of audience-centere message design. Learn to craft compelling, evidence-based health messages that drive behavior change and discover tools for research and message development. Tranform your health messaging by putting the audience at the heart of your campaigns.