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Clear: Conversations: A Collaborative Regional Project To Help Patients Improve Their Health Visits, Michelle L. Eberle, Margot Malachowski, Alberta Richetelle, Monina Lahoz, Linda Mcintosh, Bradley Moore, Jen Searl, Judy Kronick
Clear: Conversations: A Collaborative Regional Project To Help Patients Improve Their Health Visits, Michelle L. Eberle, Margot Malachowski, Alberta Richetelle, Monina Lahoz, Linda Mcintosh, Bradley Moore, Jen Searl, Judy Kronick
Margot G Malachowski, MLS, AHIP
Objective: The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region’s Clear: Conversations project aimed to teach health literacy skills to help patients communicate better with their health care providers including how to: ask for simple language and slow down the provider, use teach-back, bring medications and supplements for a brown bag review, and get need-to-know information. Methods: Five organizations were awarded with Clear: Conversations materials that were adapted from a program created by Health Literacy Missouri. A highlight of the workshop was a role play between a health care provider and patient. Awardees were required to offer the workshop …