Hi all ...

Fascinating amount of interest.

Personally I think more is better. If you can make it one of the 
following I can find a way to put it online and lots of people can 
use it.

- MS Word document (.doc) -- NOT .docx (please)
- Acrobat file (.pdf)
- A link to an existing web resource.

As before, add a note about who you are, what the class is, and who 
it is targeted at to help organize them.

Best,

Andrew Pleasant




>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

>---------------------

>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

>>>>

>

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