Katherine Chew, the Research/Outreach Services & Mortuary Science, Center for Allied Health Programs, and Center for Bioethics Librarian for the Health Sciences Library at the University of Minnesota. She created an hour-long presentation on health literacy, DoctorSpeak: Health Literacy and Healthcare Professionals, that is aimed at healthcare professionals of all types -- physician, nurse, therapist. The presentation is available to anyone with a link and can also be embedded in a webpage.
The presentation gives an overview of the following:
- What is health literacy
- Why it is important
- The risks of low health literacy
- How to recognize low health literacy
- Best practices for communicating with patients
- Health literacy resources such as MedlinePlus, the NLM Drug Info Portal, and more ...
There is an array of attachments that can be used as part of a workshop or healthcare student instructional course, such a Medical Jargon Exercise and a Plain Language Checklist for Written Materials. There is also a Health Literacy Resource List which includes resources from the CDC, NIH, AHRQ, Medicare/Medicaid and much more, as well as an extensive bibliography of references consulted for the presentation.
The presentation will be most relevant to healthcare providers in Minnesota, as Minnesota statistics are used to illustrate some health literacy issues but should be useful to all Midwest Chapter Members.
This article first appeared in The Midline: Midwest Chapter MLA Newsletter (Issue 161 Summer 2022, Page 6). Reposted to The WHSLA Blog with Katherine Chew's permission.
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