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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, MD
Dean, Office for External Education
Harvard Medical School
An Ever-Evolving
Health Care Landscape
Health 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 not
only 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 School

For 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 Education
Today, 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 consumers, health care professionals and content providers
Postgraduate Medical Education
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.
postgraduateeducation.hms.harvard.edu
Postgraduate medical
education offerings include:
• Master’s degree programs on
topics such as clinical research,
safety and quality and clinical
service operations
• Certificate programs in patient
safety and quality, clinical
research, leadership, faculty
development and health
communications
• 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 education (CE)
activities to help physicians and
other health care providers meet
licensure requirements
• An innovative CME Online digital
hub with with continuing medical
education and CE courses
“
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, MD
New York, NY
Executive Education

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, cutting-edge
biomedical science and technology, perspectives of patients and
physicians and future trends in health care delivery.

Designed and delivered by world-renowned faculty, HMS offers

experiential, customized programs for organizations, as well as open
enrollment programs for individuals and teams. Through these
programs, participants become highly sophisticated within the
domain of health care, developing forward-thinking business
strategies and, ultimately, delivering products and services that
improve the lives of patients.

executiveeducation.hms.harvard.edu
 Industry segments that benefit
from executive education include:
• Health care information technology
• Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
• Medical device
• Health care services
• Venture capital and private equity
• Other professional service firms
serving health care
Clients of our programs include
industry-leading organizations,
such as Google, GE, Amgen,
athenahealth and Takeda
Pharmaceuticals.
“
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.
”
•••••
Katherine Chou,
Head of Product for AI in Health, Google
Kasumi Widner,
Senior Program Manager, Google
 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.

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

HMX Pro covers the latest advances in

“
What I got from the HMX program was not
to memorize but understand the concepts—
medical science through focused
I think [the] thought process will be more
modules designed for professional
streamlined by doing that, and things will be a
learners. Series topics include human
lot clearer.
genetics, cancer genomics and
immunotherapies.
”
•••••
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.
Harvard Health Publishing

Harvard Health Publishing (HHP) 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 8 million 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, medical review and thought leadership ensure that content is
authoritative, trustworthy and accessible.
Organizations work with HHP to offer these unparalleled resources to their
customers and stakeholders.

health.harvard.edu
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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
Website presence as it upholds our commitment to producing
with more than
Innovative the highest-quality decision aids so that
8 million e-learning courses patients can make better, more informed
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health choices that work for them.

More than Special

”
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500,000 health Peter Goldbach, MD, Chief Medical
subscribers to reports Officer, Health Dialog
our online weekly produced by medical
newsletter experts

Social media reach

including more than

2.3 million
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