Writing and Communication Skills for Health and Science module (BS51011)

​​In this module you will develop the writing and communication skills you need to translate complex scientific content for diverse audiences.

​You will explore core principles including:

• narrative design
• audience segmentation
• the psychology of communication
• the ethics in biomedical communication

​What you will learn 

​In this module, you will:

• Critically analyse and translate scientific papers and clinical research for different audiences
• ​Practise writing across formats, including:
  • press releases
  • medical writing
  • lay abstracts
  • social media content

​By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• ​Communicate effectively through a variety of media to both specialist and non-specialist audiences
• ​Demonstrate critical reasoning and independent thinking in your analysis of scientific content
• ​Interpret research data based on critical appraisal of its quality
• ​Apply storytelling, narrative design and audience profiling to science and health communication​

Assignments / assessment

• ​​Journal club presentation
  • ​Formative practice
• ​Clinical trial exercise (34%)
• ​Press release exercise (33%)
• ​Medical writing exercise (33%)

​This module does not have a final exam.​

Teaching methods / timetable

• ​​Lectures
• ​Workshops (focusing on interpreting and translating research papers for different audiences)

​This module is delivered face-to-face. Some online recordings from industry partner AMICULUM may be used. Teaching is delivered at City Campus.​