Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast

Adam Weiss brings years of experience in podcasting, online video, and live broadcasting with a specific focus on scientific and medical content. He has hosted, launched, or produced podcasts for clients that include the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the American Institute of Physics, and the Western Veterinary Conference. One of his early projects was starting the [...]

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Christine Wilson has focused on health communication throughout her career. Her experience includes being Vice President for Marketing and Communications at Fox Chase Cancer, Vice President for Communications at the American Association for Cancer Research, and now Vice President for Advocacy Communications at the National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF). Wilson brings in the patient’s voice and narrative to make complex medical and scientific concepts understandable and meaningful.

In this podcast, Christine Wilson talks with Helen Osborne about:

• Health literacy is about understanding what is important to each person when giving and sharing health information.
• Communication needs can change over time such as when getting a new diagnosis, being in treatment, and living with a medical condition.
• Necessary skills include actively listening, asking critical questions, and having systems that allow sufficient time for good communication.

More ways to learn:

• “Can We Redefine Health Literacy?” by Christine Wilson. Published April 15, 2022, from NPAF
• National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF)
• Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF)

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition, by Helen Osborne. Many chapters address what health literacy is, who it affects, and ways to communicate more clearly.

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Tedi Brash and Melissa Yan are based in Toronto, Canada. They, along with Rashmi Bhide, are authors of the terrific how-to resource, “A Guide to Developing Live Virtual Group Patient Education: Nine Steps to Success.”

Brash is a Patient and Family Education Specialist at Unity Health Toronto. She works with clinical teams, patients, and families to create and curate quality, easy-to-understand health resources. Brash has a keen interest in digital education with a particular focus on content creation and program delivery in the virtual environment.

Yan is the Patient Learning and Development Coordinator at the University Health Network in Toronto. She plans, tests, and evaluates patient education programming and supports clinical teams and health care providers to develop effective patient education resources.

In this podcast, Brash and Yan talk with Helen Osborne about:

• Live virtual group patient education. This refers to synchronous learning and teaching that is done online with more than one person at a time.
• Examples of ways to create, run, and evaluate these types of programs.
• Tips and strategies for using this type of teaching in many settings including at health facilities, public health programs, and in the community.

More ways to learn:

• “A Guide to Developing Live Virtual Group Patient Education: Nine Steps to Success,” by R Bhide, T Brash, M Yan. Published in 2021 by Unity Health Toronto and University Health Network.
• For questions and to learn more, you can email Tedi Brash at [email protected] or Melissa Yan at [email protected]
• Health Literacy Discussion List, hosted by the Institute for Healthcare Advancement.healthliteracy.com/health-literacy-from-a-to-z-third-edition-practical-ways-to-communicate-your-health-message

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition, by Helen Osborne. The chapter “Learning and Teaching” is especially relevant to this podcast.

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Sylvia Baedorf Kassis MPH, CYT focuses on many aspects of clinical research. Her work includes understanding the experience of research participants and incorporating their insights into study processes. Among her many accomplishments, Sylvia and her team created a health literacy website especially for clinical research stakeholders. This is part of a larger initiative from the Multi-Regional [...]

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Susan Nathan, MD is a Geriatrician and Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician at VA Boston Healthcare System. She is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and adjunct Instructor in Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Nathan is the site director for the My Life, My Story Project at VA Boston. Thor [...]

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