Cliff Coleman|Sylvia Peterson-Perry|Bhavaya Sachdeva|Amy M. Kobus|Roger Garvin
Long-term Effects of a Health Literacy Curriculum for Family Medicine Residents
Oregon Health & Science University|Oregon Health & Science University|Oregon Health & Science University|Oregon Health & Science University|Oregon Health & Science University
improving education health literacy health care professionals recommended many us family medicine residency programs developed curricula studies evaluated effectiveness health literacy curricula health care professionals pilot study aimed determine whether longitudinal health literacy curriculum family medicine residents could achieve longterm sustained improvements health literacy knowledge clear communication practicesselfreported pre postassessments conducted series four health literacy didactic experiential trainings 11 months cohort 12 firstyear family medicine residents study adequately powered cohort 10 morefive five health literacy knowledge items showed sustained significant improvement immediately initial didactic training two eight clear communication behaviors eliciting patients questions openended approach using teachback method check patients understanding showed sustained significant improvements 11month followup period remaining six behaviors demonstrated sawtooth pattern wherein training session produced improvements planned behaviors however maintained subsequent followup assessmentsthese data suggest residents learned cognitive material related health literacy clear communication easily difficulty integrating many trained skills clinical practice despite use experiential learning techniques future studies use observational design assess clear communication behaviors include assessment potential barriers implementing clear communication skills clinical practice