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[HealthLiteracy 1549] Re: Medical School curriculum

Michele Erikson michele at wisconsinliteracy.org
Tue Dec 4 15:43:34 EST 2007


As well, please PUT ME ON THE SHARING CURRICULUM LIST. We are working hard
in Wisconsin to bring Health Literacy resources to both the healthcare and
the adult literacy communities.

Michele Erikson
Executive Director
Wisconsin Literacy, Inc.
211 South Paterson Street
Suite 310
Madison, WI 53703
608-257-1655
608-661-0208 (Fax)
michele at wisconsinliteracy.org
www.wisconsinliteracy.org


-----Original Message-----
From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of
seubert.douglas at marshfieldclinic.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:40 AM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1540] Re: Medical School curriculum


In the messages about health literacy curriculum, several people stated "I
can share the syllabus with interested folks."

Whomever's making the list of "interested folks,"... PUT ME ON IT!

I'd be grateful to receive any information on this topic and share what I
have as well.

Thanks.

Doug Seubert
Guideline Editor
Quality Improvement & Care Management
Marshfield Clinic
1000 N Oak Avenue
Marshfield, WI 54449
(715) 387-5096 (1-800-782-8581 ext. 75096)
seubert.douglas at marshfieldclinic.org


------Original Message------
From: "Maricel G. Santos" <mgsantos at sfsu.edu>
Date: Tue Dec 04, 2007 -- 09:34:07 AM
To: "healthliteracy at nifl.gov" <healthliteracy at nifl.gov>
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1537] Re: Medical School curriculum




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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--
Maricel G. Santos
Assistant Professor
English Department, MA TESOL Program
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
415-338-7445 (office)
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