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Communication Certificate Currently Exploring Online ProgramIn 2003 Clemson University initiated a new Health Communication Certificate Program that piggybacks onto the Master of Arts in Professional Communication (MAPC) that currently exists within the English Department at Clemson University. Because the health care profession is growing at a rapid pace, the purpose of this Certificate Program is to train current health professionals and MAPC graduate students with high-tech skills and abilities to better communicate in the health profession. Health professionals today need a thorough understanding of health care audiences to be able to design state-of-the-art technical documents and media productions. The Health Communication Certificate Program is unique because the certificate can be awarded not only to returning health professionals who wish to retool themselves with better technical skills for the workplace, but also to MAPC graduates who seek to work in the health profession. Another unique aspect of this program is that it strongly emphasizes communication rather than health. This program is used to aid health professionals to better communicate their data and information to patients and other professionals. Because of the uniqueness of this program, students will be much more prepared to meet the demands of hospital systems, HMOs, and health research institutions that need researchers capable of both quality research and state-of-the-art software usage. The program gives flexibility to students as well as health professionals
because it is offered in two different tracks to meet the needs
of both groups. The HCC program consumes less time as well as money
for the quality and amount of training that it involves. Students
do not have to take expensive correspondence or training courses,
nor do they have to pay expensive lab fees. The program also features
a highly skilled and experienced faculty. After earning this certificate,
students will have a greater opportunity to advance in jobs, receive
promotions, and have better access to the job market.
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