Frank Doyle|Sally Doherty|Kàren Morgan|Orla McBride|Anne Hickey
Understanding communication of health information: A lesson in health literacy for junior medical and physiotherapy students
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland|Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland|RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus|Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland|Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
best practice communication healthcare professionals patients involves using quality patient information leaflets pils assessed medical physiotherapy students n 337 ability appraise readability psychology theory content quality nine international smoking pils flesch scores ranged 528797 fairly difficult fairly easy students identified components health belief model 8498 theory planned behaviour 6588 transtheoretical model 3786 importantly studentproposed additional theorybased content detrimental effect readability scores overall quality scores indicated lowmoderate quality assignment helped students critically evaluate utility pils communication