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Joanne Marcia Silberner
COM 460
Seattle Campus
Topics vary. Prerequisite: COM 360.
Class description
We'll use the topic areas of global health, mental health, medical research and health policy to learn how to approach and tell a medical story.
Student learning goals
Students will be able to report and compose stories on medical and health issues.
Students will be better consumers of medical news.
Students will know enough about statistics and medical research to tell a good study from a bad one.
General method of instruction
Lectures by the teacher and guests, conversations in class, writing assignments.
Recommended preparation
COM 360 or 361, or by permission from the teacher. A healthy interest in medical news, a willingness to participate in class, and an interest in storytelling will help a student succeed in the course.
Class assignments and grading
Composing print, web, radio or video stories based on class presentations and some outside reporting.
Quality of submitted stories, ability to make improvements to those stories when asked, class participation.
