Health Literacy: Enabling effective interprofessional communication with patients and families

Health Literacy: Enabling effective interprofessional communication with patients and families 

Health Literacy is a critical factor for enabling effective communication between patients and health care providers, as well as among health care providers (interprofessonal communication). Health care providers must consider health literacy in order to help patients and families make informed choices, reduce health risks and increase quality of life.

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Define health literacy and its impact in patient quality and safety
• Identify interprofessional team strategies to address health literacy
• Apply health literacy strategies interprofessionally

This educational event is in collaboration with UHN Patient and Family Education and UHN Clinical Interprofessional Education & Care.

University of Toronto students are eligible for IPE points.