Health Literacy: Effective Client Communication and Education
Course: #151Level: Intermediate 2.03 Hours 469 Reviews
The session will review techniques for clear and effective communication, verbal and written communication with those from other cultures, writing and selecting easy-to-read health materials, and assessment tools to use to ensure that clients understand the therapy services provided and have the skills needed to access, understand, and use health information.
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Course Type: Video
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to define health literacy.
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize health literacy concepts including relevant statistics.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify appropriate assessment tools to evaluate health literacy levels.
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize factors that influence health literacy.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe techniques the practitioner can use to facilitate health literacy in his/her practice
Course created on September 14, 2020
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-15 Minutes | Definitions Related to Health Literacy |
| 15-30 Minutes | Statistics Related to Health Literacy |
| 30-45 Minutes | Practitioner Role |
| 45-55 Minutes | Communication with Diverse Populations |
| 55-70 Minutes | Language Assistance |
| 70-90 Minutes | Readability Tools |
| 90-110 Minutes | Assessing Health Literacy |
| 110-115 Minutes | Effective Communication |
| 115-122 Minutes | Summary, Q & A |
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Kathleen Weissberg
OTD, MS OTR/L
Kathleen Weissberg, in her 25+ years of practice, has worked in LTC as a researcher/educator and has established various programs in nursing facilities including palliative care, adult sexuality, falls management, dementia care, and staging. She provides continuing education support to 6000 therapists nationwide as Director of Education for Select Rehabilitation. She has lectured nationally, at the state level, and authored publications on dementia quality care.
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