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EXTERNAL EDUCATION

Greetings!

I am delighted for you to discover the wide range of opportunities available from the Office for External Education.

Through innovative classroom programs delivered at Harvard Medical School and around the world, e-learning and blended offerings—as well as special health reports, newsletters, blog articles and more—the Office for External Education creates significant value by exposing diverse learners to the broad expertise and cutting-edge knowledge of our faculty.

I invite you to further discover how you, or your organization, can learn with Harvard Medical School. Don’t hesitate to contact us with questions along the way.

• • • • • Regards,

David H. Roberts, MDDean, Office for External EducationHarvard Medical School

An Ever-Evolving Health Care LandscapeHealth care is dynamic and complex, and it impacts far-reaching aspects of the global economy. In the United States alone, spending comprises nearly 20 percent of gross domestic product. The health care industry presents particular challenges, but also tremendous opportunities for innovation and value creation. Advances in health care offer outstanding potential to make care more efficient and effective, ultimately alleviating human suffering and enhancing well-being.

Harvard Medical SchoolFor more than 200 years, Harvard Medical School (HMS) has been one of the most prestigious and trusted sources of medical education in the world. The HMS name is synonymous with best-in-class learning, clinical excellence and innovative biomedical research—an assurance that the knowledge imparted creates transformational impact. Since the School was established in 1782, faculty members have improved human health by innovating in their roles as physicians, mentors and scholars.

The Office for External EducationToday, the Office for External Education provides broad access to HMS’s peerless and constantly evolving body of medical knowledge. Created by the School’s almost 12,000-member faculty and comprising firsthand, expert clinical insights based on breakthrough research and best practices, this valuable information is available to business and science leaders, pre-health career learners, clinicians and individuals seeking to increase their working knowledge of health care.

Harvard Medical School’s Office for External Education encompasses four groups of offerings—each serving key audiences within the broader health care ecosystem:

Postgraduate Medical Education for physicians, clinicians and researchers

Executive Education for business and science leaders who work in the health care industry

HMX Online Learning for pre-health career learners and those working on health care initiatives

Harvard Health Publishing for patients, families and content providers

Harvard Medical School postgraduate medical education offerings include a range of skill-based career development programs for medical professionals, scientists and health care providers around the world.

Programs and other learning offerings feature innovative, high-impact formats, including face-to-face, blended and fully online delivery models. Programs are delivered at the Harvard Medical School campus in Boston, as well as in locations across the globe.

Postgraduate medical education offerings include:

• Master’s degree programs on topics such as clinical research and patient safety and quality

• Certificate programs in patient safety and quality, clinical research, leadership, faculty development and diabetes

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Postgraduate Medical Education

The Global Clinical Scholars Research Training (GCSRT) program was the missing piece to complement my experiences. It was the right way to get the knowledge and experience I needed to do the kind of job I wanted to do in clinical development. This has opened my eyes to not only pharma research but also academic research, and has created infinite possibilities.

• • • • • Caryn Lobel, MDNew York, NY

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• Custom programs designed and delivered for hospitals and health systems, regions and organizations training clinicians and clinician-scientists

• An extensive, best-in-class catalog of continuing medical education (CME) activities to help physicians and other health care providers meet licensure requirements

• An innovative CME Online digital hub with CME and continuing education courses

Traditional executive education teaches leadership and management. At Harvard Medical School, we have a different focus.

We engage business leaders whose work impacts health care and expose them to the real-world practice of medicine, the latest trends in biomedical science, perspectives of patients and physicians, and health care delivery.

HMS executive education programs are designed and delivered by world-renowned faculty who are leaders and innovators in their fields. Offerings include customized and open enrollment programs.Participants become highly sophisticated within the domain of health care, developing stronger, more forward-thinking business strategies and, ultimately, delivering products and services that improve the lives of providers and—most importantly—patients.

Executive Education

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Our experience at Harvard Medical School played a huge role in shaping the way we think about health care. Through the program, we developed a much better sense for technology’s role in addressing health care challenges. We’re now focused on increasing the supply of high quality care by automating workflows and lowering the administrative burden on clinicians, so they can focus more on patients.

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Katherine Chou, Head of Product for AI in Health, Google

Kasumi Widner, Senior Program Manager, Google

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Industry segments that benefit from executive education include:

• Health care information technology

• Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology

• Medical devices

• Health care services

• Venture capital and private equity

• Other professional services firms

serving health care

Clients of our programs include industry-leading organizations such as Google, GE, Amgen, athenahealth and Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

HMX Online Learning

HMX offers a unique approach to online learning in medical education for those considering or advancing in health care careers, from pre-health students to working professionals who want to raise their understanding to the next level.

Self-paced, fully online courses are led by Harvard Medical School faculty, and feature:

• Detailed animations and illustrations of key medical concepts

• Clinical application videos including real patient interactions

• Ongoing, rigorous assessments to ensure content mastery

• Moderated discussion forums HMX courses are available through institutional licensing relationships with schools, companies and other organizations, and to individuals globally via a web-based application process.

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What I got from the HMX program was not to memorize, but understand the concepts— I think [the] thought process will be more streamlined by doing that, and things will be a lot clearer.

• • • • • Nathan Magtoto, HMX Student

Nathan graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 2015 with a degree in public health science. Currently working as a lab instructor, he took HMX courses to improve his understanding of fundamental concepts while preparing to apply to medical school.

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HMX Fundamentals covers foundational topics in medicine, including immunology, genetics, pharmacology, physiology and biochemistry.

HMX Pro covers the latest advances in medical science through focused modules designed for professional learners. Series topics include human genetics, cancer genomics and immunotherapies.

Harvard Health Publishing (HHP) is Harvard Medical School’s media and publishing platform. It offers a robust set of resources, tools and applications for patients, families and content providers. The demand for user-friendly health information is reflected in the significant growth of content and resources offered by HHP, now with more than 7 million unique monthly website visitors and new content posted daily.

HHP is expanding its offerings to include focused specialty topic e-reports and interactive online learning courses. Faculty contributions through blog articles and thought leadership ensure that content is authoritative, trustworthy and accessible.

Organizations ranging from companies to health systems and publishing firms work with HHP to offer these unparalleled resources to their own customers and stakeholders.

Harvard Health Publishing

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We’re pleased to work with such a wonderful team of dedicated medical experts at Harvard Medical School. Their review helps ensure that our decision aids continue to reflect the rigor of some of the best minds in medicine. We welcome HMS’s scrutiny as it upholds our commitment to producing the highest-quality decision aids so that patients can make better, more informed health choices that work for them.

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Peter Goldbach, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Health Dialog

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Website presence with more than

7 million unique monthly

visitors

Social media reach including more than

2.3 million Twitter followers

More than

500,000 subscribers to

our online weekly newsletter

Specialhealth reports

produced by medical experts

Innovative e-learning courses

and modules

LEARN WITH HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

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