Corporate Education

Pharmaceutical, device, and other healthcare companies use the services of our department to offer customized training programs for key staff on diabetes and its related conditions.  Recognizing that every organization has specific educational needs, Joslin will work with you to design a program that meets your strategic goals and ensures maximum impact to your team.

Joslin's programs have the unique advantage of being able to harness the synergies that develop from being an intrinsic part of an institution comprised of researchers, clinicians and patient and professional educators. Joslin's industry education programs offer dynamic and comprehensive approaches to the management and care of people with diabetes and its related conditions, drawing on up-to-the-minute medical literature, current research and a wealth of hands-on clinical experience.  The result is effective and meaningful education that becomes an important tool for the industry professional.

Over 3200 industry professionals have participated in Joslin-developed educational programs since 2007.

What you gain from a Joslin Educational Program

- An understanding of the disease state and challenges from the perspective of patients and healthcare providers
- An enhanced ability to effectively participate in discussions with clinicians
- An opportunity to learn from and interact with Joslin and Harvard Medical School faculty and other current thought leaders

Varied Format

- Live 1-3 day Seminars
- Webcasts
- Podcasts
- Education for sales representatives and Medical Scientific Liaisons
- Strategic seminars for senior level people – corporate strategy planning

Interactive Sessions

- Presentations
- Interactive case vignettes
- Patient panel discussions
- Diabetes simulation workshop
- Current research reviews
- Audience response system
- Teach-backs on information learned

Participant Feedback

In a typical recent program:

- 85% gave the program an overall rating of “excellent”
- 70% “strongly agreed” that the program would enhance their professional effectiveness

Knowledge Gained
In one program with 662 attendees, knowledge questions answered correctly from pre-program test to post-program test increased an average of 56%.

Joslin Faculty
A distinguished faculty of doctors, researchers, CDEs, and mental health professionals from Joslin, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, conduct our programs.

Topics

For more information:
For more information about Educational Programs for Industry Professionals, call Anne Gregory at 617-226-5929 or email anne.gregory@joslin.harvard.edu.

About Joslin
Joslin Diabetes Center is the world’s preeminent diabetes clinic, diabetes research center and provider of diabetes education.  Joslin is dedicated to ensuring that people with diabetes live long, healthy lives and offers real hope and progress toward diabetes prevention and a cure for the disease. Founded in 1898 by Elliott P. Joslin, M.D., Joslin is an independent, nonprofit institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School.