You Can Teach Every Patient: A Health Literacy and Clear Communication Curriculum for Pediatric Clerkship Students

Introduction Poor health literacy has a negative impact on various health care outcomes. Medical schools are not consistently providing health literacy training; when they do, they overly rely on didactics. Methods Our curriculum for third-year pediatric clerkship students taught principles of healt...

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Main Authors: Emily Spengler, Miriam Schechter, Paulo Pina, Hai Jung Helen Rhim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association of American Medical Colleges 2021-01-01
Series:MedEdPORTAL
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Online Access:http://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11086