Is anyone familiar with any published reports about the extent to which
health literacy/communication is included in medical school curricula?
That is, has there been a survey/assessment of all medical training
programs to evaluate curricula with regard to health literacy?  Thanks. 


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-----Original Message-----
From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Marcus, Erin
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:14 PM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1546] Re: Medical School curriculum

The American Academy on Healthcare Communication, together with Drexel
University, has created a website called Doc.com that's used by many
medical schools as part of their clinical skills and communication
skills curricula. This website includes information on low literacy in
several of its "learning modules" and also addresses strategies that
have been advocated for improving patient understanding, such as the
teach-back method.

The website address is: http://webcampus.drexelmed.edu/doccom/user/

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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 10:40 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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English Department, MA TESOL Program
San Francisco State University
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