A consumer health librarian and nurse educators collaborated to conduct health literacy workshops to teach healthcare providers skills to reduce the health literacy burden of their patients. The workshop content… Click to show full abstract
A consumer health librarian and nurse educators collaborated to conduct health literacy workshops to teach healthcare providers skills to reduce the health literacy burden of their patients. The workshop content included health literacy overview, patient literacy levels, teach-back, evaluation of patient educational materials, and finding consumer health information. Forty-eight healthcare providers registered, and 39 in total attended one of five workshops and represented eight healthcare disciplines. Feedback from the workshops was positive.
               
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