Training

Training: Health Literacy Training for Healthcare Professionals

Health Literacy San Diego is working with healthcare professionals throughout San Diego County to improve communication with patients with low health literacy.

HLSD's health literacy training teaches healthcare professionals:

  1. The impact of low health literacy on patient outcomes
  2. Methods to recognize patients with low health literacy
  3. Evidence-based methods and strategies used to communicate with patients with low health literacy

This interactive, hour-long training is based on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Literacy Training and customized to address the challenges of San Diego County healthcare providers. HLSD's Health Literacy training will be adapted to your setting and comes at no cost.

Since 2010, HLSD has trained over 600 healthcare professional to better communicate with patients with low health literacy.

To schedule a trianing, or learn more about HLSD's efforts, contact Beth Ruland, Health Literacy Coordinator.

HLSD's Health Literacy Training

Posted below are examples of customized HLSD health literacy trainings:

Additionally, the following videos will be useful for those looking for training tools:

American Medical Association's (AMA) Health Literacy Video: The 20 minute video, also included in the AMA's Health Literacy Introductory Kit, can be viewed in its entirety at this link. It is designed to raise awareness and spark discussion about patients' low health literacy skills. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/no-index/about-ama/8035.shtml
In Plain Language - Rima Rudd, In Plain Language was produced by Dr. Rima Rudd and Dr. William De Jong, with a team of health literacy studies professionals and researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health's Health Literacy Studies Program. This 15 minute video/DVD was developed for medical and public health professionals who are interested in learning about adult literacy in the U.S. and implications for medicine and public health. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/overview.html#TWO

Click here to access the handout from Health Literacy Training