Health Information Literacy: Arming Healthcare Professionals with Critical Skills
Type of Presentation
Workshop (1 hour and 15 minutes)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 1002
Abstract
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Presentation Description
This workshop will describe how faculty librarians at Miami Dade College’s Medical Center Campus incorporated instruction on health information literacy into the curriculum. Literacy levels in the United States will be examined as well as how this crisis affects a person’s health status and the healthcare system. Participants will learn how to assess the reading level and content of a health information brochure.
Keywords
Information literacy, Health information literacy
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Clark, Carla and Abella, Elisa, "Health Information Literacy: Arming Healthcare Professionals with Critical Skills" (2012). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 56.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2012/2012/56
Health Information Literacy: Arming Healthcare Professionals with Critical Skills
Room 1002
See presentation description.
