This new Health Communication Design course will give you experience in the writing and design of information to meet the needs of users within the fields of health education and well-being. It encompasses the design of the content, structure, delivery, user testing and evaluation of patient and lifestyle information.

 

Healthcare information can be print-based or in electronic form (e.g. websites). The information products can address a wide range of health and lifestyle areas including information about specific conditions, processes and procedures, and about using health-related products.

 

This course will give you practical experience in creating and evaluating different forms of communication, and there will be opportunities to tailor some projects to suit the communication needs of your current or intended employment.

 

The core content will include:

 

·          Principles of communication design: writing and designing information for specific audiences and purposes

·          Print-based health and well-being information

·          Online information: websites, interactivity, accessibility

·          Usability: planning, testing, and improving healthcare information

·          Research in healthcare communication design, including practice-based research and usability research

·          MA project: live project based on the identification and addressing of a communication need

Course length: one year full time or two years part time

 

Entry requirements: a good first degree or equivalent experience

 

For further information contact:

 

Dr Sandra Harrison

Coventry School of Art and Design

Coventry University

Priory Street

Coventry

CV1 5FB

United Kingdom

 

Tel: +44 (0)24 7688 8540

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Web: http://www.coventry.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/full-time-courses-by-subject/media-and-communication/a/2019