New course equips health professionals to combat medical misinformation

The class in many ways resembles as journalism course

New course equips health professionals to combat medical misinformation
AP Photo/Stacy Thacker / Associated Press
New course equips health professionals to combat medical misinformation
AP Photo/Stacy Thacker / Associated Press

New course equips health professionals to combat medical misinformation

The class in many ways resembles as journalism course

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After experiencing a surge in medical misinformation during the pandemic, Dr. Vineet Arora and Sara Serritella decided medical professionals needed training to help combat it.

Reset sits down with Dr. Arora and Serritella to learn about their new course and how to prevent medical misinformation from spreading.

GUEST: Dr. Vineet Arora, assistant dean at UChicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine, Sara Serritella, Director of Communications at the Institute of Translational Medicine