More Learning Opportunities: Virtual Trainings
There are a number of resources on online health literacy training. To help, we’ve put together a collection of resources on this topic. The collection includes a brief description of each resource.
Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals
This introductory web-based course—available for free through CDC Train—aims to educate public health professionals (such as physicians, registered nurses, and dentists) about public health literacy and their role in providing health information and services and promoting public health literacy. This course provides continuing education and a certificate of completion. By clicking the link below, you will be leaving the Health Literacy Solutions Center and taken to an outside website.
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Fundamentals of Communicating Health Risk
This intermediate web-based course—available for free through CDC Train—aims to help public health communicators (such as educators, clinicians, and media specialists) improve or learn new communication skills for conveying everyday public health risks to the public. This course provides a certificate of completion. It does not provide continuing education. By clicking the link below, you will be leaving the Health Literacy Solutions Center and taken to an outside website.
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Effective Communication for Healthcare Teams: Addressing Health Literacy, Limited English Proficiency, and Cultural Differences
This web-based course—available for free through CDC Train—has 4 modules (some introductory, some intermediate). It aims to improve the quality of interaction between healthcare professionals and patients by providing an interactive guide to understanding health literacy, cultural competency, and limited English proficiency. This course provides continuing education and a certificate of completion. By clicking the link below, you will be leaving the Health Literacy Solutions Center and taken to an outside website.
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Always Use Teach-back Toolkit Interactive Learning Module
This learning module—part of the Always Use Teach-back Toolkit—is available for free through the Institute for Healthcare Advancement. It describes teach-back and demonstrates its effectiveness as a health literacy intervention to improve patient-provider communication by allowing healthcare providers to identify and practice key aspects of teach-back. This module does not provide continuing education or a certificate of completion. By clicking the link below, you will be leaving the Health Literacy Solutions Center and taken to an outside website.
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IHA Health Literacy Academy
Elevate your career and make a lasting difference in healthcare with IHA's Health Literacy Academy. No matter your background or location, you'll learn to break down communication barriers and acquire digital skills, empowering you to promote health literacy and equity for everyone you serve.
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