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Review of a Geriatric Health Literacy Workshop for Medical Students and Residents
Author(s) -
Farrell Timothy W.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03720.x
Subject(s) - medicine , health literacy , medical education , modalities , session (web analytics) , variety (cybernetics) , literacy , geriatrics , gerontology , health care , pedagogy , psychology , world wide web , social science , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , sociology , computer science , economics , economic growth
The “Geriatric Health Literacy Workshop for Medical Students and Residents” developed by Seema Limaye, MD , introduces medical students and residents to important concepts in communicating with older adults with low health literacy through a variety of teaching modalities. The workshop is available on the Portal of Geriatric Online Education ( POGO e) and includes a didactic session, role‐playing exercises, and a critique of patient education handouts. A preworkshop health literacy module and postworkshop clinical observation sessions reinforce the workshop content. The activity is designed to take approximately 2.5 hours to administer to small groups of three to five learners and is also suitable for interdisciplinary teams of health professions trainees. This POGO e product review highlights important features of the workshop and suggests opportunities for improvement.