·      SESSION A - Promoting Comprehension for Research Subjects: The IRB Consent and Authorization Toolkit
Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, M.D.
Boston University

·      SESSION B - Using Readability Formulas Correctly: Cutting Through the Smog, Fog, and Flesch
Doug Seubert
Marshfield Clinic, Wisc.

·      SESSION C - Developing a Statewide Health Literacy Initiative-Panel Presentation
Arthur Culbert, Ph.D, Moderator
Missouri Foundation for Health

·      SESSION D - Fixing Common Document Design Problems for Easy Reading
Jeanne McGee, Ph.D
McGee & Evers Consulting

·      SESSION E - Improving Patient-Centered Communication and Shared Decision-Making in a Clinical Setting
Cliff Coleman, M.D.
Oregon Health & Science University

12:30-1:20 pm             From the IoM Roundtable: Translating Research into Practice

                                    Ruth Parker, M.D.
Emory University

1:20-2:10 pm               A Breakthrough Health Literacy Program: Empowering Parents, Benefiting Children, Improving the Healthcare System

                                    Ariella Herman, Ph.D
UCLA Anderson School of Business

2:50-3:00 pm               Refreshment Break

3:00-4:30 pm               Breakout Sessions (morning sessions repeat)

·    SESSION F

·        SESSION G

·        SESSION H

·        SESSION I

·        SESSION J

5:30-7:30 pm               Opening Night Reception/Poster Session/Exhibits

FRIDAY, MAY 8

6am - 4pm                   Registration

7-8 am                         Continental Breakfast

8-8:50 am                    Informed Consent and Ethical Duty in Health Literacy

                                    Lawrence Gostin, J.D.
Georgetown University Law Center

8:50-9:40 am                Making the Business Case for Health Literacy

                                    George Isham, M.D.
HealthPartners

9:40-10 am                  Refreshment Break

10-11:30 am                Breakout Sessions

·      SESSION K - Working Effectively with LEP Patients and Medical Interpreters
Elizabeth Abraham, MA, M.Sc.
University Health Network

·       SESSION L - Choosing, Evaluating and Implementing a Health Literacy Curriculum
Andrew Pleasant, Ph.D
Rutgers University

·       SESSION M - An Overview of Health Literacy Research
Michael Wolf, Ph.D
Northwestern University

·       SESSION N - Health Literacy in Hospital Systems: Two Case Studies
Marge Kars, MLS and Sue Gaard, RN, BSN
Bronson Methodist Hospital, Confident Conversations

·       SESSION O - Numeracy: Conveying Concepts of Quantities, Time and Risk
Helen Osborne, M.Ed, OTR/L
Health Literacy Consulting

11:30 am-12:30 pm      Networking Luncheon

12:30-1:30 pm             Lessons from the Intersection of Adult Literacy and Health Literacy

                                    John Comings, Ed.D
Harvard University Graduate School of Education

1:30-3 pm                    Breakout Sessions (morning sessions repeat)

·       SESSION O

·       SESSION P

·       SESSION Q

·       SESSION R

3-4 pm                         Closing Keynote

                                    Janet Ohene-Frempong, MS
JO Frempong & Associates

                                    Q&A/Adjournment/Evaluations