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Assuring Quality Care for People With Limited Health Literacy CME/CE

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CME Information

Target Audience

This activity is intended for all physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals with an interest in health literacy.

Goal

The goal of this activity is to offer clinicians the latest information about limited health literacy and to identify the communication skills and clinical interventions that may improve health communication for all patients.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Define health literacy and review how limited health literacy may affect the quality of healthcare
  2. Examine the relationship between health literacy and patient safety
  3. Identify those communication skills and clinical interventions that may improve health communication for all patients
  4. Review clinical care strategies that may improve care for those populations most vulnerable to the effects of limited health literacy

Credits Available

Physicians - maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for physicians;
Nurses - 0.5 nursing contact hours (None of these credits is in the area of pharmacology)

All other healthcare professionals completing continuing education credit for this activity will be issued a certificate of participation.

Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation Statements

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Define health literacy and review how limited health literacy may affect the quality of healthcare
  2. Examine the relationship between health literacy and patient safety
  3. Identify those communication skills and clinical interventions that may improve health communication for all patients
  4. Review clinical care strategies that may improve care for those populations most vulnerable to the effects of limited health literacy
Authors and Disclosures

Carol M. Easley Allen, RN, PhD
Disclosure: Carol M. Easley Allen, RN, PhD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


David A. Kindig, MD, PhD
Disclosure: David A. Kindig, MD, PhD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


Ruth M. Parker, MD
Disclosure: Ruth M. Parker, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


Debra L. Roter, DrPH
Disclosure: Debra L. Roter, DrPH, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


Susan Yox, RN, EdD
Editorial Director, Medscape Nurses
Disclosure: Susan Yox, RN, EdD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


For Physicians

Medscape

Medscape, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Medscape, LLC designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


For questions regarding the content of this activity, contact the accredited provider for this CME/CE activity: CME@medscape.net. For technical assistance, contact CME@webmd.net.

For Nurses

This Activity is sponsored by Medscape Continuing Education Provider Unit.

Medscape is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Awarded 0.5 contact hour(s) of continuing nursing education for RNs and APNs; none of these credits is in the area of pharmacology.

Provider Number: 6FDKKC-PRV-05


For questions regarding the content of this activity, contact the accredited provider for this CME/CE activity: CME@medscape.net. For technical assistance, contact CME@webmd.net.

Release Date: January 25, 2008; Valid for credit through January 25, 2009

Instructions for Participation and Credit

There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this online educational activity. For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board.

This activity is designed to be completed within the time designated on the title page; physicians should claim only those credits that reflect the time actually spent in the activity. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the activity online during the valid credit period that is noted on the title page.

Follow these steps to earn CME/CE credit*:

  1. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and author disclosures.
  2. Study the educational content online or printed out.
  3. Online, choose the best answer to each test question. To receive a certificate, you must receive a passing score as designated at the top of the test. Medscape encourages you to complete the Activity Evaluation to provide feedback for future programming.
You may now view or print the certificate from your CME/CE Tracker. You may print the certificate but you cannot alter it. Credits will be tallied in your CME/CE Tracker and archived for 6 years; at any point within this time period you can print out the tally as well as the certificates by accessing "Edit Your Profile" at the top of your Medscape homepage.

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