I am sorry to enter this discussion at such a late date; I was unable to
earlier.
I and a colleague of mine, Mariana Glusman, from the Section of Primary
Care at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago have become involved
with health literacy efforts, and went to the AMA Train the Trainor
Workshop on health literacy a few years ago, and have since started
doing workshops at various area medical centers in conjunction with our
state chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and have created a
workshop for our residents, which we are continuing to develop.  I am
not clear about whether the workshop would be the type of thing that you
are looking for. We are currently working on curriculum for residents
and other heath profiessionals at our institution.  It is great to learn
of all the efforts which are on-going at this time, I still have many
e-mails to read from this disucssion, but from my perspective as a
pediatrician feel that it is really important to figure out the right
hook for pediatricians who are much less advanced in this area in terms
of research,awareness (the AAP just completed a survey looking at
perceptions of health literacy and techniques used, data just beng
looked at) and skills to address the gap between demands of the system
and skills of the families.

Barbara BayldonBarbara Bayldon, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Head Section of Primary Care
Division of General Academic Medicine
Children's Memorial Hospital
2300 Children's Plaza
Chicago Il 60614
Phone 773-880-3830
e-mail bbayldon at childrensmemorial.org 
    

-----Original Message-----
From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Andrew Pleasant
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:07 PM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1564] Re: Medical School curriculum

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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