Health and Literacy: Constructing Curriculum for Health-Care Providers
A Learning Institute, October 16-18, 2008, Calgary

• Health literacy: Constructing curriculum for health care providers, Promising practice from the UK, by Jan Novitzky  (Word document)
• Constructing a Health Literacy Curriculum: a UK Perspective, by Jan Novitzky (PowerPoint presentation, 709 K)
• Stephen's Story, read out at the Institute by Jan Novitzky (Word document)
• Health Literacy Development in England, by Dennis Carrington (PowerPoint presentation, 2132 K) 
• Follow-up notes on Pain and Dementia Toolkit presentation by Cary Brown
• Literacy Specialist Work: Building Community Capacity and Changing Approaches by Elaine Cairns (PowerPoint presentation, 5638 K) 
• Health Literacy - Curricula and Measures by Andrew Pleasant (PDF, 934 K)
• "Health Literacy” & Clear Communication: Assessing Students’ Clinical Skills Using Standardized Patients by Cliff Coleman(PowerPoint presentation)  
• How can Adult Literacy Teachers and Students Help Health care providers? by Julie McKinney (PowerPoint presentation)  
• Community Engagement and Health Literacy: Lessons learned from the Smiling Project by Rachel Farahbakhsh (PDF, 562 K)
• Health Links Project: Health Literacy for First Nations and Metis Adults, by Audrey Gardner and Louise Crane (PowerPoint presentation, 670 K)  
• Making a case to health providers -- Imagine: Lire/Read: A pilot literacy promotion project in 4 pediatric clinics, by Linda Shohet (PowerPoint presentation, 663 K)