Program Overview

Program Overview

The School of Medicine at St. George's University offers a course titled SCSK 570: Medical Animation Techniques For Patient Education. This program is designed to equip medical professionals with the skills to interpret and relate complex medical concepts to patients in an engaging and simple manner.

Course Description

Medical professionals must interpret and relate the process of disease and treatment to their patients on a daily basis. Many patients will have difficulty understanding even the most basic concepts that have a serious impact on their health. Using storytelling and moving visuals, along with accessible technology such as dry erase markers, a whiteboard, a camera phone, and Microsoft PowerPoint, an otherwise complex condition can be interpreted and made simple for patient comprehension. In this course, students will become aware of and practice fundamental principles of making visuals move on screen in a way that tells an engaging story.

Course Objectives

• Although the focus is on patient education, these skills may prove useful to students in any situation where they must present difficult information to a varied audience.
• Students will learn to use accessible technology to create engaging visuals for patient education.

Program Details

School and Department

• The course is offered by the School of Medicine.
• It is classified as a Selective course.

Course Title and Code

• The course title is Medical Animation Techniques For Patient Education.
• The course code is SCSK 570.