Health Literacy Resources: Instruction

This guide provides links to resources on health literacy in the United States and guides for clear health communication.

NOW AVAILABLE: Learning and Teaching Health Literacy - an online course for faculty

Attention: UMB faculty, instructors, and clinical skills mentors!

Interested in learning about and deepening your understanding of health literacy as well as learn ways to teach your students about health literacy? Then, this new online course, Learning & Teaching Health Literacy, which was designed specifically for faculty is for you!

The course consists of 5 modules which will only take 2.5 hours to complete.

For more information about the modules & how to access the course, please contact Mary Ann Williams, mwilliams@hshsl.umaryland.edu.

Enhancing Patient Outcomes through Clear Health Communication

This free, 90-minute workshop covers the basics of health literacy and introduces tools that can assist you in creating easy-to-read materials.

This workshop is open to UMB faculty, staff, and students periodically during each semester. Register here.

ONLINE TRAINING

Advancing Pharmacy Health Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement
A set of modules to help pharmacy faculty integrate health literacy and health literacy quality improvement into courses, experiential education, and projects for PharmD students and pharmacy residents. The curricular modules can be used for lectures, seminars, laboratory classes, and experiential education.
Communicating Science Clearly (CDC)
This course focuses on why we need to clearly communicate scientific information to the public and presents ways scientists, communicators, and policy staff can collaborate to tailor their messages to the intended audience. The course includes exercises for simplifying messages and writing an outline for a story to engage an audience in data.
Health Literacy Training (CDC)
The CDC offers several online health literacy & health communication courses for health professionals. Browse the Course Catalog subject category: Health/Risk Communications.
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Additional training information from the CDC is available at: https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/gettraining.html
Health Literacy Support. Maryland. Dept. of Health
Contains 6 individual trainings related to health literacy & health communication. Topics include plain language, writing clear health information, and speaking so your audience understands. 3 of the topics are geared towards those working with diabetic patients or those with a chronic disease.
NIH Plain Language: Getting Started or Brushing Up
This self-guided online training consists of five sections and a checklist you can print. In each section, you will find a number of cards you can flip through to learn about using plain language in your work. When you are done with the final section, you can print a certificate of completion.
Tools for Training Healthcare Professionals
Developed by Health Literacy Kentucky, a statewide coalition dedicated to health literacy training & advocacy.
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Health Literacy Resources: Instruction

NOW AVAILABLE: Learning and Teaching Health Literacy - an online course for faculty

Enhancing Patient Outcomes through Clear Health Communication

ONLINE TRAINING

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