Edgar Timothy, Hyde James N
Department of Marketing Communication, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, USA.
J Health Commun. 2005 Jan-Feb;10(1):5-25. doi: 10.1080/10810730590904553.
Published information about career options and the core competencies necessary for health communication professionals (HCPs) is limited. Although the number of graduate programs in health communication continues to grow, no formal assessment of the success of this type of training has been conducted. The current study presents the results of an evaluation of the Master's Program in Health Communication offered collaboratively by Emerson College and the Tufts University School of Medicine. The program was one of the first of its kind and has graduated more health communication students than any other in the United States. To conduct the assessment of the program, the two schools collaborated on the development of an on-line survey for the alumni. Of the 131 graduates eligible to participate, 106 completed the survey. The survey yielded detailed information on the following: (1) career options for individuals with master's degrees in health communication; (2) value of graduate coursework for developing competencies in health communication; (3) salary expectations for individuals with graduate degrees in health communication; and (4) emerging trends in the field. These findings have important implications for the development of new programs and the refinement of existing ones in health communication.
已发表的有关健康传播专业人员（HCPs）职业选择和核心能力的信息有限。尽管健康传播领域的研究生项目数量持续增长，但尚未对这类培训的成效进行正式评估。本研究展示了艾默生学院和塔夫茨大学医学院联合提供的健康传播硕士项目的评估结果。该项目是同类项目中的首批项目之一，在美国毕业的健康传播专业学生数量超过其他任何项目。为了对该项目进行评估，两校合作开发了一份针对校友的在线调查问卷。在131名符合参与条件的毕业生中，106人完成了调查。该调查得出了以下详细信息：（1）拥有健康传播硕士学位人员的职业选择；（2）研究生课程对于培养健康传播能力的价值；（3）拥有健康传播研究生学位人员的薪资期望；以及（4）该领域的新趋势。这些研究结果对于健康传播新项目的开发和现有项目的完善具有重要意义。
