Dear Andrew and the List, 

It is great that you are doing this and I am wondering how you are defining
medical school curriculum.  

I teach a Seminar in Health Literacy at Tufts University School of Medicine.
It is a skills oriented course and attracts a multi-disciplinary group of
students, including health communication majors, nutrition majors, and
medical students.  It is not just for medical students but I assume this
course would meet the criteria as it is being offered through a medical
school. 

But, I am also developing a CME course on health information literacy that
will NOT be offered through a medical school but through hospital-based
libraries.  Would you want to include this type of medical education course
as well?  What about other health care provider trainings? 

Sabrina
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Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, M.Ed., Health Literacy Consultant
Adjunct Clinical Instruction, Tufts University School of Medicine
Coordinator, Health Information Literacy Research Project
Medical Library Association
781-835-6488 phone; 781-391-4409 fax;
sabrina_kurtz-rossi at comcast.net


-----Original Message-----
From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Andrew Pleasant
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:06 PM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1556] Re: Medical School curriculum

Hi,

I will and yes that is correct.

If you (anyone) has a curriculum that you can send me in either MS 
Word or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format I will post it on the web and 
begin to create a collection of health literacy curriculum that can 
be updated as we (continue to) grow as an academic community. Along 
with the syllabus, do let me know who you are, where you are, and 
what type of students the course is targeted at.

After I get them all posted, I will let the list know the URL.

Andrew




>Andrew, thanks for doing this! When you are done, please let us know 

>on the list. I would love to put it on the ALE Wiki as well.

>

>Those of you who wrote in with just an address, or a "Me too!"--I 

>assume you wanted to get the final compilation. When it's available 

>online, we will lead you to a link. If you have a curriculum to 

>submit, send it to Andrew Pleasant. (Is that correct, Andrew?)

>

>What a great idea!

>

>Julie

>

>Julie McKinney

>Discussion List Moderator

>World Education/NCSALL

>jmckinney at worlded.org

>

>>>>  Andrew Pleasant <pleasant at AESOP.Rutgers.edu> 12/04/07 10:52 AM >>>

>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

>>>