Health Literacy and Clear Bedside Communication: A Curricular Intervention for Internal Medicine Physicians and Medicine Nurses.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Communication remains the backbone of patient-provider relationships, and many health outcomes have been directly attributed to both effective and ineffective communication. We developed an educational intervention to improve bedside communication and increase use of health literacy principles, in part as a response to suboptimal inpatient satisfaction scores.

Methods

Our intervention consisted of a beside communication curriculum among 37 attending medicine physicians, 76 internal medicine residents, and 85 bedside nurses. The 1- to 1.5-hour curriculum included a didactic session to teach health literacy principles, video demonstrations, group discussion, and role-play. Attending physicians' health literacy knowledge, attitudes, and confidence were evaluated us

SUBMITTER: Allenbaugh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6376895 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature