Faculty

Needs Statement

Limited health literacy is very common among patients in the US. Managing such patients effectively requires that health care providers understand the nature of health literacy and possess specific clinical skills both to assess the health literacy of their patients and to communicate with them in a manner consistent with their health literacy levels.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for health care providers including physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses, advanced practice nurses and psychologists.

Objectives

1. Describe the scope of the problem of health literacy among patients in the US;
2. Describe the costs associated with health literacy, both financial and human;
3. Identify cues indicating limited health literacy among patients;
4. Employ three specific techniques in practice to work effectively with patients with limited health literacy.

Accreditation

CME
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine presents this activity for educational purposes only. Participants are expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine. The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected for presentations because of recognized expertise in their field.

CPE
The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

This knowledge-based activity has been assigned ACPE # 022-000-11-040-H04-P and will award 1.00 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of continuing pharmacy education credit in states that recognize ACPE providers.

Statements of credit will indicate hours and CEUs based on participation and will be issued online at the conclusion of the activity. Successful completion includes completing the activity, its accompanying evaluation and/or posttest (score 70% or higher) and requesting credit online at the conclusion of the activity. The College complies with the Accreditation Standards for Continuing Pharmacy Education.

KBEP
The University of Kentucky is authorized by the Kentucky Board of Examiners in Psychology to provide continuing education for psychologists.

Faculty Disclosure

Ms. Bryant and Drs. Norton, O'Hair, Pearce, Stein, Susman and Velotta have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

No other speakers, planners or content reviewers have any relevant financial relationships to disclose. No speakers will discuss off-label use of a product.

Content review confirmed that content was developed in a fair, balanced manner free from commercial bias. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone commercial bias in any presentation, but it is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.