Does your doctor share?

Prescription for Health showed that patients get healthier when providers ‘share’ resources via their website.

So, imagine a health communication campaign that makes it easy for ANY clinician to ‘share’ via a curated network of Health Hubs – open to everyone – that spotlight proven practices and resources.

An interdisciplinary George Mason collaborative has begun a health communication campaign … see ‘Share CBT-I … using the Insomnia Hub.

Doctors aren’t trained to share

Professional schools train in Clinical Prevention & Population Health competencies … but, they DON’T train in digital health promotion skills!

Why not create ‘ONE’ (Open Networked Education) health comm course (or practicum) that shares ‘ONE’ platform (Open Health Hubs) to train students interprofessionally to …  (1)  Translate & promote best practices, (2) Bridge to best resources, and (3)  Compete to have an impact?

How to train all clinicians

Worldwide, students learn quality improvement (QI) skills at the IHI Open School. Hundreds of schools in the health professions (medicine, nursing, etc.) require their students to train there – online. For credit, students learn online & apply QI skills locally. Their service saves lives; it’s known as ‘open’ service learning.

Likewise, what if an open course (or open practicum) taught social media skills to students in the health professions …