Thursday, May 9, 2013 Breakout Sessions

Enhancing Health Literacy Across a Health System

From left,Terri Ann Parnell, DNP, RN,Joanne Turnier, MS Terri Ann Parnell and Joanne Turnier ...

 Read More

Thursday, May 9, 2013 Breakout Sessions

Numeracy: Exploring Strategies to Convey Quantity, Time and Risk

Helen Osborne, MEd, OTR/L Helen Osborne outlined overall strategies to increase understanding for patients ...

 Read More

Thursday, May 9, 2013 Breakout Sessions

How Do You Know They Know? Methods for Evaluating Teaching and Training

Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, MEd Education is a core component of health literacy. We routinely rely ...

 Read More

Thursday, May 9, 2013 Breakout Sessions

Creating Unbiased, Understandable Shared Decision Materials: Is It Possible?

Geri Lynn Baumblatt, MA Patient decision aids “prepare patients to make informed, values-based decisions ...

 Read More

Thursday, May 9, 2013 Breakout Sessions

Cultural Competency Training – A Collaborative Project

Crystal Duran, MPH, MCHES Crystal Duran framed her session by noting that 25% of ...

 Read More

Friday, May 10, 2013 Breakout Sessions

The Language Tipping Point: Identifying the Drivers of Language Access

Elizabeth Abraham, MA, MSc, CTran Language access in health care involves finding ways to ...

 Read More