Health Literacy Professional Development: Integrating Patient Experience and Application Based Learning
Track: Education
Earn 1 CE Credit (Expires May 2024)
Learning Objectives
1. State each component of the multidisciplinary professional development program.
2. Describe the impact of integrating evidence-based strategies, patient experience, and simulated exercises with standardized patients.
3. Identify how the program promotes organizational health literacy.
Presenter(s)
Carolyn Cutilli, PhD RN NPD-BC, Patient Education Specialist Adjunct Faculty - Penn Medicine American International College
Haley Fuller, MA CHES
Robert Goodman, n/a, Volunteer - Penn Medicine
Denise LaMarra, MS CHSE
Session summary: Research and patient outcomes demonstrate that patients often struggle to understand how to care for themselves. In response, Penn Medicine, as an evolving health literate organization, created and implemented an innovative professional development program. The goal of the program is to help healthcare professionals enhance their knowledge and skills related to health literacy and patient education. This session will highlight the three integrated components of this dynamic, interactive, and multidisciplinary program. Session participants can use the program components to develop their own interactive, application-based professional development activity.
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