Hi everyone ...

If you would want to ... please send me your collected syllabi 
(either as Word or .pdf documents) and I will begin a collection of 
them online in one place.

thanks,

Andrew Pleasant




>Dear all --

>

>I teach in a field outside medicine:  applied linguistics, also 

>sometimes known as TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other 

>Languages), basically, teacher education for future ESL/EFL teachers.  

>Last summer, I taught a new course called Seminar in Immigrant 

>Literacies which includes a unit on health literacy.  The class is 

>directed towards advanced undergrad and grad students in our program 

>but we recruit in Health Ed, Nursing, and Public Health.  Last summer 

>we had students from the nursing program taking the class alongside 

>students from the TESOL program.  The cross-disciplinary dynamic is 

>fascinating, with the nursing students learning more about the 

>language demands of the health care context, and the TESOL students 

>learning more about the health care system and content of health care 

>tasks. Both groups come away with a fuller understanding of the health 

>care needs of immigrant communities...

>

>I can share the syllabus with interested folks.

>

>Maricel Santos

>

>

>eQuoting "Zarcadoolas, Christina" <christina.zarcadoolas at mssm.edu>:

>

>>  I teach a course in Health Literacy to medical students and MPH students

>>  at our medical school.

>>  I'd be happy to share the curriculum.

>>

>>

>>  Christina Zarcadoolas PhD

>>  Dept. of Community and Preventive Medicine

>>  Mount Sinai School of Medicine

>>  One Gustave Levy Place

>>  Box 1043

>>  New York, NY 10029

>>  212-241-0625

>>  christina.zarcadoolas at mssm.edu

>>

>>

>>

>>    _____

>>

>>  From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov

>>  [mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of klubimir at aol.com

>>  Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 2:29 PM

>>  To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov

>>  Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1529] Medical School curriculum

>>

>>

>>  Hello,

>>

>>  I recieve the Health and literacy email discussion and find the breadth

>>  fascinating and heartening.

>>  I am a physician,completing fellowship training in specialty of

>>  Geriatric

>>  Medicine, at the John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii.

>>  My

>>  colleagues and I are in the process of developing a Health Literacy

>>  Curriculum

>>  for medical students and other physicians in training. A literature

>>  review has

>>  had low yield regarding other medical or professional schools

>>  intergrating the

>>  topic of Health Literacy into their curriculum.

>>

>>  Does anyone have any knowledge of medical or other professional schools

>>  incorporating health literacy into their training curriculum?

>>

>>  Thank you in advance for your input.

>>

>>  Karen Lubimir, M.D., D.M.D.

>>  Fellow,  Department of Geriatric Medicine

>>  John A. Burns School of Medicine

>>  University of Hawaii

>>  Honolulu, HI

>>

>>

>>  -----Original Message-----

>>  From: Julie McKinney <julie_mcKinney at worlded.org>

>>  To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov

>>  Sent: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 3:25 pm

>>  Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1519] Wednesday Question: Policy Wish List?

>>

>>

>>  Hi Everyone,

>>

>>  I don't want to interrupt the topic of using TV for ESOL in health

>>  settings, but

>>  I want to ask for some feedback for this week's question.

>>

>>  What kinds of policy changes would be helpful to health literacy

>>  efforts? It

>>  could be national or state policy, policy within your professional

>>  system, or

>>  policy within your specific program. The field is open. Any ideas or

>>  wishes?

>>

>>  Thanks,

>>  Julie

>>

>>  Julie McKinney

>>  Discussion List Moderator

>>  World Education/NCSALL

>>  jmckinney at worlded.org

>>

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>

>

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>Assistant Professor

>English Department, MA TESOL Program

>San Francisco State University

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